'86 Cutlass Supreme engine bay

[YoungGun001]

Ok the Olds motor and transmission have been pulled from my '86 Cutlass, I have a rebuilt Chevy 350, and purchased a 700r4 transmission. The motor and transmission are ready to be dropped in but I figured while I have the engine bay opened up I would go ahead and clean it up. Does ANYONE have any pics of their engine bay clean up projects? I want to lose everything that is unnecessary and keep anything I have to keep. Any thoughts, questions,....step by step instructions?

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[dudeface]

I just did the same thing......mine is a 305 canadian car

http://gbodyforum.com/photos/thumbnails-473.html


peace

 

[dudeface]

tremclad rust paint, mothers back to black

try em........had amazing results

also Brass wire wheels.......lots of them

 

[YoungGun001]

Damn that looks good Dude!!! So did you remove anything or just clean and paint?

 

[86sleeper]

engine bay

i also just finsished doing a swap in my cutty, i used a gallon of simple green and a pressure washer, them painted with 3 cans of dupli color semi-gloss, check out my album. it shows before and after.

 

[dudeface]

i removed everything from the block...............changed the oilpan gasket, valve cover, egr, carb and timing chain cover gaskets, as well as replaced the PLASTIC timing gear and timing chain. about 300 in bills, not including paint. brass wire wheeled every fu@#in part and bracket. and reassembled in about 8 weekends. just need a alternater and rad hoses, fill all fluids and fire it up

thanks for the compliments


peace

 

[350_85cutty]

nice cutlass, my car use to be that clean lol, now it's in the primer and bodywork stage...have that same interior, but i'm switching to hurst buckets and taking my pillowtop set out. gonna keep them tho might wanna switch back they are so comfy! I had real good results with duplicolors rattle cans. I prepped the radiator support (wet sanded with 400) then shot some Duplicolor etch primer (the green stuff) then topcoated with the satin black, stuff is tough! i don't care what anybody says that rattle can etch primer really grips the metal, i had a hard time taking it off with lacquer thinner when i redid my frame the 2nd time. I used 3M undercoating which I DON'T recommend, not on the frame anyway, stuff is asphalt based and stays soft, and if oil or fluids get on it, it gums up and is nasty stuff....lesson learned, it's good to use on the transmission tunnel, under the floor pans and firewall tho. just make sure you prep the area good first