AWD Cutlass burnout
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No, seriously. WHERE IS THE BUILD THREAD????
**edit** I located the thread/applause/rant from 2010, followed a link to his business website, and I found two key photos. http://www.brianspdr.com/#!Snow day!/zoom/c1ck9/imagehy3
I'll guess that the front clip is from an S10 Blazer or AWD Astro van, which share a lot of suspension parts with the G-body. The rear frame is from a 200-4R car due to the extended trans crossmember pads. From the underbody shot, the straight profile of the A-arms look a lot like the ones under my Blazer, as does the front frame member that anchors the forward ends of the A-arms. Also, there are blurry holes about where the torsion bars would go in a Blazer. In the chassis shot, it looks like there are coilovers or struts poking through the upper arms where the shocks are mounted in my Blazer.
In the underbody shot, the trans crossmember looks a lot like (at least the right half) of a stock G-body crossmember, bolted on below the frame rails - buys about 3" more clearance to route the front driveshaft and driver's side dual pipe. The chassis shot seems to show a modular bellhousing 4L60E - makes sense if it's from a '94-up Blazer.
Looks like <'97 F-body rear calipers, but probably stock Blazer brakes in the front. That might be a 8-1/2" rear axle behind the sway bar.
While searching for an underbody shot of a Typhoon, I found one funny comment from a Car and Driver review in 1992 - 'Ah, but the Typhoon is not completely devoid of silliness...those of you with campers or boats will be thrilled to know that the Typhoon's towing rating is - ta-dah! - 0 pounds. Yep, the only thing this SUV can haul is *ss.' : )
**edit** I located the thread/applause/rant from 2010, followed a link to his business website, and I found two key photos. http://www.brianspdr.com/#!Snow day!/zoom/c1ck9/imagehy3
I'll guess that the front clip is from an S10 Blazer or AWD Astro van, which share a lot of suspension parts with the G-body. The rear frame is from a 200-4R car due to the extended trans crossmember pads. From the underbody shot, the straight profile of the A-arms look a lot like the ones under my Blazer, as does the front frame member that anchors the forward ends of the A-arms. Also, there are blurry holes about where the torsion bars would go in a Blazer. In the chassis shot, it looks like there are coilovers or struts poking through the upper arms where the shocks are mounted in my Blazer.
In the underbody shot, the trans crossmember looks a lot like (at least the right half) of a stock G-body crossmember, bolted on below the frame rails - buys about 3" more clearance to route the front driveshaft and driver's side dual pipe. The chassis shot seems to show a modular bellhousing 4L60E - makes sense if it's from a '94-up Blazer.
Looks like <'97 F-body rear calipers, but probably stock Blazer brakes in the front. That might be a 8-1/2" rear axle behind the sway bar.
While searching for an underbody shot of a Typhoon, I found one funny comment from a Car and Driver review in 1992 - 'Ah, but the Typhoon is not completely devoid of silliness...those of you with campers or boats will be thrilled to know that the Typhoon's towing rating is - ta-dah! - 0 pounds. Yep, the only thing this SUV can haul is *ss.' : )
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I've been seeing this all over Facebook! awesome video! Cutlass is WAY better looking then Ken Block's Gymkhana AWD mousetang!! BUT he does have some major talent...lol! I too would love to see a build thread and kinda know what is involved to pull this off in a G body!
Yeah, my first thought after seeing that was partial clip(s) and transaxles from a Typhoon or Syclone.
Kinda feels like we just caught a glimpse of a superhero...
(Who WAS that masked man?)
😵
Unfortunately we won't be seeing a build thread. Since joining the site he has been very secretive about the build.......claiming he doesn't want to inspire copy cat awd gbodies. If it were me, I'd gladly share info on the build......but I guess it is his right to keep it a secret.
Any theories on this conspiracy? S10/Blazer drive train most likely or a transaxle of some sort????
Edit: whoops didnt see ssn696's post. Wow all that work is definitely worth it!
Edit: whoops didnt see ssn696's post. Wow all that work is definitely worth it!
It's kind of reminiscent of the legendary Hurst Hairy Olds using a Tornado transaxle in the front. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurst_Hairy_Olds
Very cool ride!
Very cool ride!
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