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Geez, I can't believe it's been 5 years since I've been here... 5 years, and I've done exactly jack, and squat, with my Cutlass Calais. And, if anything, it's made me more indecisive. The one constant is that the 260 will be replaced with... something. Also, life sort of got in the way. It's...

Ok, so a few of you have been midly interested/alarmed at The Blue Rajah, which I mentioned in this thread and in this thread While I got it to the point that it was running great, the "bits of surface rust" rapidly escalated to "large expanses of surface rust" HOWEVER.... that wasn't the...

Continuing the story that began in this thread (I am no longer authorized to reply to it? Maybe because it's an old thread?) Yes, I'm lazy. Yes, I'm a procrastinator. There, I said it. However, there are some updates, and a notable improvement at the very end. I guess I didn't want to...

Ok, so, this is for The Blue Rajah, a 1978 Buick LeSabre, but, I'm pretty sure that some Pontiac G-body cars of the era had the same speedometer, so, uh, close enough, right? (see attached pic) Anyway, the whole thing with the speedo not working was baffling me, but I was able to source a new...

I've finally gotten a flat among my 195/75R14 tires, and figured I might as well go at least 15-inch, and with better looking rims and tires. But... what to choose? My car is Carmine Red Metallic. Right now it has steelies with color matched Oldsmobile hubcaps. I'd like to go with SS1 or SS2...

I'm guessing the answer is no, but I was curious as to whether anyone made something resembling modern EFI dry-flow intakes for classic Olds V8s? I'm thinking it's probably an even longer shot that anyone makes them out of plastic. But . . are there any out there? Aluminum or plastic? (no...

I was just curious. Yeah, they're not designed from the factory to hold up to gobs of torque, but the early iterations of the 200-4R and 700-R4 were nothing to write home about, either. The gear ratios seem to be well thought it, well, in my opinion, anyway. The bellhousing is removable, so I...

All, Ok, there's been bits and pieces of information I've picked up here and there.... but, what was the particular issue with Pontiac engines? I mean, ok, it was more than just for emissions reasons that the 301 was dropped in lieu of the 305, despite similar power levels and greater fuel...

All, Ugh, ok, I hope I'm not breaking any sort of quasi-cross-posting rules, and will beg/grovel for forgiveness if I have, but I'm in a bit of a pickle. Made a post about fuel delivery issues in my Anti-Project thread... and am at a loss. Though I admit that, for the most part, carburetors...

I'm an idiot. There, I said it. Ok, so it turns out I *might* not have a problem with my EGR valve at all. Because I was trying to apply my 1974 knowledge to 1979. I complained that the old EGR valve would not hold vacuum when I used a vacuum pump. Yeah, that might've been a great...

You know what - it's little bits of tinkering . . and it's NOT really a project because I expect expenditures to be extremely minimal for this beast. So, welcome to the Anti Project: The Cheap b*st*rd. First introduced here to the delight, nausea, and losses of lunches to forum members...

Ok, so The Cheap b*st*rd (1978 LeSabre 4-door with 301 2-bbl) might, at some point in the future, possibly benefit from dual exhaust. That said, I know the mid-90s Caprice/Impala SS have dual exhaust, and thus dual-hump crossmembers, but I'm given to understand that crossmember ONLY fits the...

This is something that had occurred to me on and off throughout the years. I'm sure there MUST be gotchas - but I'm wondering how easy it would be to swap a FRONT drive 3.0/3.8 Buick V6 engine, or one of the later 3800/3800 Series II/3800 Series III engines into a G-body, ideally one that...

All, Ok, I'm starting to poke around - this is for a friend of a friend. She is elderly, and has a part time job that doesn't pay well. Her job, however, is 7 miles away, and she may no longer reliably be able to get a ride there soon. My friend tells me that she's a really nice lady, just...

*sigh* It's almost self-sabotaging, it is! I have my 1979 Calais (tentative name, "The Red Rocket") that has been on delay, but that's the project that's going to need real money and I want done right. Yet I still searched for cars - and admittedly searched for something that was "done" and...

Ok, so as mentioned in this thread, I went and bought a cheap beater-toy-project-whatever..... a 1978 Buick LeSabre with 301 2-bbl. I suspect from the stains I'm seeing that the rubber hose that goes from the fuel tank to the fuel line that runs up to the front of the car and eventually meets...

Alright, so I've been posting for a little bit, but I should probably put my G-body up here now, shouldn't I? So, I purchased this baby back in mid-2002. It was technically a 2-owner car. A man bought it new in 1979, but got shipped out elsewhere in the military, so when the car was but a...

Ok, so, first off, I'm not doing this swap, yet. I may in the future, on project "Cheap b*st*rd" But, my real question is - how easy/difficult is this? I'm given to understand that it's just a difference of deck-height, and that supposedly everything else is the same. So, is it just a...

And I shall name it "The b*st*rd" - no, actually, I shall name it "The Cheap b*st*rd". Explanation forthcoming. So, on occasion, I browse Craigslist ads without really looking for anything all that seriously. But then I stumbled across this particular vehicle. It was more or less the...

Ok, so, I know obviously with the advent of unleaded fuel, engines dropped compression after 1970 or 1971. With GM, it seems that the official compressions for MOST engines was around 8.5:1, with some of them dropping to officially 8.0:1 by the end of the 70s. But Pontiac went even further . ...