Recent content by 403Olds

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    Air induction

    Could be, but the air moving thru the tubes isn't staying there long enough to soak up any heat. I've had a few instances where I've opened it up in town and almost sucked in a couple of small dogs in the screen.
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    CUTLASS Get Them While You Can. Inflation Is Everywhere

    And here I flat blacked mine years ago. Who would have thought it'd be worth that much....
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    Air induction

    Welded 3" exhaust pipes to the back of the headlight buckets, then to a dual snorkel air cleaner. Never did any back to back runs, but I'm sure it's at least 0.0001 faster in the quarter. I can tell it when the weather is below 50, the engine runs a little colder..
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    Brake line replacement question

    I did mine several years ago also, was able to get it thru in one piece. I think I did have to take a control arm loose or something to get it in.
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    CUTLASS Year One Oldsmobile Upgrade

    Got the tires in and mounted this week, finally had a decent day to get the car out. Really liking the way it looks. The Year One center caps aren't the best, they have plastic fingers that hold them in two went in difficult, and one actually broke one of the fingers. The other two kind of...
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    CUTLASS Year One Oldsmobile Upgrade

    Wow, I've had these rims a year, never could find anyone that would paint them. Had a guy that wrapped the spokes. Just ordered tires. Excited to get them on this spring and see if I need to trim the front springs a little.
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    50% off tubular control arms

    Yeah, looks like a good deal, if you needed them
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    Console Mounted Cassette Holder

    That's kind of what I was thinking, but I'm out of the loop on some of this stuff.
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    Console Mounted Cassette Holder

    Are they really getting $140? If so, I need to check in my attic lol....
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    MALIBU Rear gearset selection

    On my wife's GP with a 305 and 200R4, I went with a 3.42. Definitely helped with the light to light feel of it, and doesn't get too bad on the 70 mph interstates, somewhere around 2400 rpm, where my Cutlass at 70 and a 3.73 is pushing 3000 rpm.
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    Battery relocation and fuel lines.

    yes, I lined up the switch with the hole for the upper tail light. I've not cut a hole in the tail light for the handle, but it's ready if I'm ever ready.
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    Battery relocation and fuel lines.

    Here's how I mounted it. As other's stated, you will need a 4 post disconnect switch to cut the alternator power along with the battery power. The solenoid wire is already fused, I did put a fuse on the alternator wire. This way there's a minimal risk of any issues.
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    Battery relocation and fuel lines.

    I ran #10 for the solenoid, and #8 for the alternator. This ran from a positive terminal block that I added under the engine compartment for the cab power, fan and headlight relays.
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    Battery relocation and fuel lines.

    Just my $.02, I remote mounted a F0rd starter solenoid to the trunk, so that the large wire was only hot when cranking. Had to extend the starter solenoid wire and added a fused charging wire from the alternator to the solenoid. Mines a street car, so I thought that this was safer. wires run...
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    Battery cable lugs: solder or crimp?

    I like to solder them, but yes, they are subject to brittleness and vibration failure. One thing I do on either connector is to use the marine heatshrink. That has the sealer on the inside and helps to protect the connection from moisture.

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