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Well the last couple days I have been working on scraping all the crap off my 403 to get it ready to go in the Cutlass. While I have this thing out and it is easy to get to everything is there anything I should look at doing? Not looking to go extreme with this engine, it will basically just...

Alright guys I am getting ready to start pulling the old Diesel engine from my Cutlass so that I can drop in the 403. I know that there are going to be things that I need to get rid of and swap out while there are some things that I can reuse. Has anyone here done this conversion before? I...

As I mentioned the other day in my "another cutlass followed me home" thread my fiance just brought home a car. This was not the typical little "cute" car most girls would bring home. Nope she picked up a 1959 Buick Invicta with a 401 Nailhead (445 Wildcat), solid body, has all of the glass...

HELP!!! Well I got my new '80 Cutlass home last night and pushed in the shop and all was good. I went out this morning to pop the hood to check a few things out and nothing. At first it sounded like it was releasing the catch but then the handle went slack and when I went to the front of the...

Well another Cutlass followed me home today. My fiances stepfather had seen the car and told us about it so I went to go check it out. Turns out to be another 1980 Cutlass Diesel though in much better shape than the last and this time with the original 350 Diesel still under the hood. This car...

Well in the next day or two I will be dragging home another 80 Cutlass Diesel this time with its original 5.7 engine under the hood. So what do you guys think I should do with the engine? At this point I am open to all suggestions.

My girlfriend comes home and tells me her step dad said "one of your cars" was on a trailer by the railroad tracks. Well we head out and find the car. It is an 80 white Cutlass diesel car. Body is in great shape and the intierior was kind rough though. One family car. Guy comes out and pops...

Well I found someone selling a 396 (everything except crank, rods and pistons) for $150 obo. Anything I should look into on this puppy? Any places where they commonly get cracks or anything to watch out for? I am thinking this could make for an interesting engine for a Malibu or Monte...

Found an elky at the scrap yard with this posi rear in it. Would it be worth grabbing? If so should I get the whole rear or just the guts?

Well my local yard just got in an '85 Buick Riviera with a 307 in it. Is there anything in this beast worth pulling for my Cutlass build? Anything that people would want out of it? Car is still fairly complete though the front header panel and grill are gone. Any point in pulling the intake...

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone here has ever entered the Grassroots Motorsports Challenge? I originally wanted to build my Cutlass for the Challenge though my initial plans of a injected 355 and 4spd would have put me way over budget to complete. However with the recent acquisition of the...

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone here knew how to remove the wide lower trim that goes along side of the '79 olds pictured below without damaging it? I do not want those pieces on the car I am building and I'm sure there must be someone on here that does. Also the '79 car has a good...

Alright guys I have my 403 that I recently acquired and I know these engines are not great for huge power numbers but surely we can do better than the 180 or stock horsepower by opening things up a bit. I also know about the inherent weakness of the windowed mains that limits big number builds...

Alright guys here is the build thread for my very first G Body. I think I have most of the parts together that I should be able to get the thing together over the summer which is my goal. So hopefully you will see quite a bit of activity in this post over the summer. I got the car a coupe...

Well I FINALLY went to the yard to pick up my new engine. For those that didn't see my other post in the general section I found a '77 Olds Delta 88 Pace Car at my local scrap yard that sadly they would not sell the whole car on. So I did the next best thing I asked how much for the engine and...

Hey guys there is a dealer near me that has a 1986 T Type for sale, black with red interior basically all original and straight. What is a fair price on one of these cars? Also is there anything in particular I should look at specific to the T Types as far as problems before making a deal...

Alright guys I pick up the 403 this week and will be doing the swap this summer. For those that missed it this is a 403 from a 77 olds delta 88 pace car I found in the scrap yard. It will be going into a 80 Olds Cutlass that currently has a Pontiac 301 in it, I have a second Olds with a Olds...

It is very bad for my wallet. We went out to the local yard today since it was not raining to see if we could find a turn signal lens for my girl friends new '96 Tacoma and sadly did not find a single Tacoma in the place. I decided to walk through the GM side on the way back to the front of the...

Now I was trying to figure out what to do with the second Cutlass that I basically only bought to get some spares for the first car. Well then about a month ago my girl friends brother and his wife bought a car exactly like Flo from Cars. Their plans for the car is to fix it up and paint it up...

Well the girl friend and myself had got talking her recently that next summer we really want to do something special and take a long trip to places we have never been before. Now the girl friend has never been out of the NW and myself I have spent much of my time on the west coast except for a...