1983 cutlass build thread

[andrewmp6]

Looks pretty good,If your not going to use your stock gauges sell them someone will want that rally gauges you had.

[GNXTREME]

Lots of work, I did the same floor repairs on my rotted 84 regal....except I used a dodge caravan hood, for metal he heh heh Keep the pictures coming, the car looks great!

[Cutlass2181]

So the car is finally just about done. Its about 98% complete, with a couple little things still left to do, like properly attach some interior panels, tint windows, front license plate, e-brake cable, and a couple other minor things. The car came out awesome, and the exhaust sounds amazing. I got it done at a performance muffler place near me. Flowtech headers with an x-pipe and borla mufflers. It exits with 2 chrome tips after the rear tires at 45 degrees. It looks and sounds awesome. Theres a couple little things left to do in order to tweak the motor, like adjust the valves, re torque everything down, and mess with the timing. Ive put about 300 miles on the car in a about a week, so its about time for the first oil change. The pictures are of the car now as it stands, before those minor little things left to do. The car is my daily driver for about another year, but after that it goes off the road, gets paint, and becomes a weekend car.

[Cutlass2181]

[Cutlass2181]

After I put some miles on the motor I decided to have a little fun. When I bought the car I was told it had a 373 posi rear, but of course it doesn’t. with the new motor, this seems to be a problem. The car really sounds like it wants to go, but it cant. A posi rear, and new gears is certainly the next thing on my list within the year:

[Cutlass2181]