'82 Cutlass Supreme

[Peter]

A blurry look of what I've been up to today

i finished today by getting my #5 heads on and torqued down, next is the cam and intake

If anyone knows anything about converting hot air choke to electric choke please chime in because i need to come up with a solution because my OL4B intake has no provision for hot air

 

[Peter]

well everything is installed, has been for a couple weeks. I dealt with a couple issue along the way. I installed the crank gear on the wrong keyway and then got it all back together to find i made a mistake. Took that apart and got that sorted out. Then was dealing with preload issues where i didnt have enough preload and I also had some bent pushrods and also one broken pedestal. I ended up shaving off the bottom of the pedestal to reach the desired amount of preload and I have cut out the valvetrain noise.

Then i was leaking oil from one of my headbolts, removed that then put locktite on that and that is sorted out. I also dealt with a pesky vacuum leak that I solved by doubling up on my carb base gaskets. Anyways its running better than ever, not quite as lobey as I expected it to be. I was in the final stages of tuning before I had to go back to school after break.

Im now just waiting to drive it which sucks because all that work and I can only drive it 20 feet up my driveway

this video is pre cam, heads, intake and everything else so hopefully ill get a new video this summer and ill get to see the difference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-zr4a-DGhM

 

[PUN]

Great looking Cutlass! Can you tell me more about this radio? What is it out of? What did you have to do to get it mounted? I really like how it fills the space and doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.

 

[Peter]

The model came in early 2000 Gmc's among other model. There are two styles one has slide tabs and the other has regular mounts on the side. I just fabbed up some brackets to bolt it into the stock location. I had some issues with getting the radio to sit as far back as possible because of its size and its still not perfect but its ok.

Another thing you might not have noticed is it has the aux input on the front 8) There was a guy on ebay selling customized versions of this radio with all new replacement back lights and an aux input wired in for like 140 bucks so i bought it.

 

[PUN]

Thanks for the reply...so you went with the radio with the side mounts?

The model came in early 2000 Gmc's among other model. There are two styles one has slide tabs and the other has regular mounts on the side. I just fabbed up some brackets to bolt it into the stock location. I had some issues with getting the radio to sit as far back as possible because of its size and its still not perfect but its ok.

Another thing you might not have noticed is it has the aux input on the front 8) There was a guy on ebay selling customized versions of this radio with all new replacement back lights and an aux input wired in for like 140 bucks so i bought it.

 

[Peter]

yes i did, i was able to make it work

 

[JRG53]

Love that gold trim and lettering you did on the intake. That looks great!

 

[Peter]

new eye candy!

pretty much as dressed up as it ever will be.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Looks good like an Olds always does :lol: But I gotta say some nice headers or cleaned up manifolds would complete the look.

 

[Evan11]

Engine looks good, reminds me a lot of mine. Yeah, headers would look nice like he said above, I'd like some for mine too, but they're expensive for an olds powered gbody unless u can find used. U might wanna get the lil breather/filter that goes in the drivers side valve cover so dirt don't get in there. Can prob pick one up at any parts store for about $8.