BUILD THREAD 86 GP 2+2~Blown 6.0

[81cutlass]

Might get criticized for putting factory parts back in but at least I have a car that I can drive until it snows. Oh wait. Well I can stare at in the garage.

Also filled it up with antifreeze, woop.

 

[81cutlass]

I could never convince myself to wrap the car but I stumbled on this older advertisement and got a temporary "what if"

 

[81cutlass]

The AC spark plugs car without the decals and numbers could actually look decent too.

And random cutlass picture I thought was cool

 

[Streetbu]

I feel like it would get way more attention and likes if it was done as Petty's STP car, even though I hated that paint scheme

 

[Wraith]

I would wrap that like Petty's or any of those would work.

 

[81cutlass]

I am back to kinda daily-ing the car. Splashed gas back in and put the non e85 tune back in

Planning for winter upgrades

Radio (86 cutlass brougham factory eq) I have in the car has had the screen out for years, the radio officially stopped working today. Sigh. I need to find a place to rebuild it.

Wheels- I am dumping the c5 wheels and going with 245/45/17's all around and the year one pontiac ralleys for street use and buying a set of 15x8's or 15x10's for the rear. I would like 275/40's for the rear but id like to be able to rotate tires and I had the larger tires on the rear of my firebird and im not a fan for a street car for the miles I plan to put on it.
https://www.jegs.com/i/Year-One-Wheels/219/PRW178GUN/10002/-1

And I need to pull the engine and do a pan swap to the 302-2 pan because even though I have put probably 5k+ miles on the stock pickup one, it scares me.

AC pump for sure since I failed on doing it last winter

And for good measure can't forget narrowing the rear axle and doing the better axles. TBD what I do there but I am keeping the 8.6.

 

[fleming442]

Man, if you were remotely thinking of a vintage stock car wrap, a set of Bassetts would be awesome. Alas, they're only available in 13-15" diameters. https://www.pro-touring.com/archive/index.php/t-62722.html
Or, some AR767's in silver.... they come in 17s

 

[81cutlass]

If I was going nascar wrap I would go chrome bassett 5 spoke.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/bsw-58ac2ic/overview/

But I can't live with my self to drive a "NASCAR" even though it would be cool. It's too flashy and if it was a hardcore track car sure, but this car isn't that intense.

 

[81cutlass]

Well I am upgrading.

I moved 7hrs away from home after graduation for work and have been sharing a house with a coworker since. He bought a place and I am moving in to split the cost a bit. New place has an insulated/heated 2 stall out back so I am moving my model building workshop from my basement into one stall of the new shop and doing car stuff on the other half.

It's going to be a mess to get stuff organized for the next month or two but should be a lot nicer place to work.

 

[Blake442]

A good wrap is like $3K, unless you were planning on having a go at it yourself.
Honestly, you'd be better off spending that money at Maaco...
Sweet little garage, I wish mine was heated so bad!!!
Those 17" Rallyes are gonna look rad