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  1. elliottw

    Back in a Gbody

    Hey guys, my first car was a 78 Cutlass and I was on here all the time learning what I could. Loved that car but had to sell it for college money. Fast forward a few years to this past friday and I was able to buy this really fresh 85 MCSS. 40k miles on it, one small ding on the right rear...
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    Trying to get another gbody! Tougher than it sounds..

    So I sold my 78 Cutlass a few years ago. I regret it all the time but at the time I couldn't have a project car be my daily driver and didn't have the money to have more than 1 car. Now i've got a few cars and really want to get back in the gbody game, I have a 5 month old son and really want to...
  3. elliottw

    How much should i ask?

    Well the day has come. Ill be going off to school soon and I can't take the cutlass with me. And my dad doesn't want it sitting around taking up space..anyways its a 1978 Cutlass Supreme Brougham with a 350sbc and a turbo 350 transmission. It has plenty of sh*t wrong with it. The interior(minus the...
  4. elliottw

    BIG subs in a geo!

    So today i was really bored and i have resorted to driving my geo again because i am strapped for cash haha. I was gonna get a cd player in my geo and one thing lead to another and I borrowed some 15's and put em in the back of my geo just for fun 8) . Had to put em in upside down to get them to...
  5. elliottw

    Gold Mine

    A couple days ago I went with my friend to an exhaust shop to get some pipes on his car and he also needed a tail light cover so I took him to a junkyard that is real close to the shop. So we get to the yard and they run a sorta tandem operation of racing equipment and junkyard. So I get to...
  6. elliottw

    Need tire help

    Ok I don't know very much about tires or rims at all so i need some help selecting new tires cuz my back tires are shot. The tires on there now are 235/60-14s and I was wondering whats the biggest, as in tall and wide I could fit on the rims. Any help is appreciated.
  7. elliottw

    99 Chevy Classic 1/2 ton. Price is off?

    I finally found a 90s chevy vortec truck that doesn't have 200k on it! Its a 99 Chevy 1/2 ton thats clean and only has 43,000 miles! It's listed at $12,500 but I think thats a bit high. I'm thinking more like $10,500 is ballpark but what do you guys think? What would you pay for it?
  8. elliottw

    what kind of carb do i need?

    I need a new carb in one of our grain trucks. (not a gbody but i need some help) Im not sure what kind of carb is on it now but it needs a new one. It has a 366 with a 4spd and 6.50 rear gears and weighs 25000 lbs+. What kind of carb would best suit this beast haha. Thanks for any help.
  9. elliottw

    1997 camaro

    Im looking at a 1997 camaro z28 with an lt1 in it and the guy says it has 135,000miles and it needs a tune up because it hasn't been driven in quite awhile but it still runs. He wants 4k for it does this sound like a good deal? I could probably try to talk him down too. <a...
  10. elliottw

    Motley Crue

    Did any of you nd boys go to the concert at the state fair? I thought it was freakin sweet. Mick Mars can shred like a sob man!
  11. elliottw

    How to time with no markings?

    I got her running! But the timing is outta wack cuz i messed with it in my attempts to fix her. I cant find any marks on my balancer so is there another accurate way to time it?
  12. elliottw

    fuel pump pushrod problem?

    I hooked up a hose and a gallon of gas to my pump and It didnt pump a drop. I did get a new pump and I was wondering about the pump pushrod. When I put the pushrod back in it got stuck in there so it took it and flipped it around and it went in but when i put the pump on it was pushing the arm...
  13. elliottw

    Casting # and starter issue

    Ok my starter got fried in the events of me trying to start it so i took it off and went to napa to get a new one and he said that my starter wasnt for a 350sbc. After a bit he said it was for a 305. I said ok order that one then, I went home mad cuz when I bought the car the guy said it had a...
  14. elliottw

    Help! Engine/Carb troubles

    I don't know what happened but my cutlass won't stay running! Once day I was about to go to town and I started to pull out of the driveway and she sputtered and died. It seems that the carb won't squirt any gas when I hit the throttle. The only way I can get it going is to pour gas into the carb...
  15. elliottw

    Should I rebuild my Distributor?

    I just found an old CHP mag and it has an article on rebuilding an hei distributor and it said the cost was only $120. I went Pertronix.com and I found the rebuild kit and I think it would be a good project and it seems like a lot better deal than buying a new distributor. Does anyone have any...
  16. elliottw

    First (and probably last) Race

    Well it was right after I got the Cutlass running this year and I always get a bunch of crap from kids at school because I'm about the only guy at school who has a vehicle that isn't brand new and runs like a top. So my sisters boyfriend at the time, he has this honda 4 door(accord I think)...
  17. elliottw

    What exhaust should i get?

    Well I want a new exhaust system because mine sounds bad as of now. I have a 350sbc with block hugger headers and I want to know if I should go to a larger diameter exhaust(I have 2 1/4in.) and what I should do for mufflers(I have glasspacks). I don't know if I should go with high flow like some...
  18. elliottw

    How to remove ac

    Hey everyone im new to the forums and I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to remove all my air conditioning stuff from a 78 cutlass supreme. it didnt have a compressor and it was drained so I started taking out bolts but im stuck. Any help is appreciated, thanks

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