My '86 Cutty Progress

[RECKS]

Here's my project, its an '86 Cutlass Supreme with a 383 stroker and a 700R4 trans. Hopefully I will have it done for spring. Winter's not very nice on cars up in Winnipeg.

 

[2000.malibu.ls]

what the heck is a "coustic" ? sounds cheap to me? off brand or something?

 

[3XBrownCutty]

^^what he said :lol:

all that extra room on that sub box in the trunk could have used another sub... I would've put the amp in the middle and a sub on each side....just me though.

 

[StreetDogg316]

^^what he said :lol:

all that extra room on that sub box in the trunk could have used another sub... I would've put the amp in the middle and a sub on each side....just me though.

+1. Nice car, Wish my Regal was in that good of condition. Keep us updated on what you do to it.

 

[custom442]

What stall speed are you running for the torque converter? I'm doing the same set up with a 383 and 700r4, would like to know how it hooks up with the stall you are running, whenever you get it on the street.

Did you get a little larger alternator & match the cranking amps of a new battery with the alternator? That would help ease the burden of your sub and amp if you haven't already.

 

[Blake442]

Looks nice!

 

[85GPLef41]

Did you your trunk? its clean especially how you covered the spare wheel well. Nice!

 

[SV6 REGAL]

Like your sub box free's up room in the trunk...is it ported?Like to do somthing like that in my Regal.Car looks good.

 

[RECKS]

Thanks for the compliments!

The car used to be just a daily driver with a stock 305sbc, so I originally built the box to hold two 10"s, magnets out, plus the amp. Now I've gotten into drag racing with another car that a friend and I built, (just a weekend thing) so I decided to go that way with the Cutty too. The stereo was way too heavy (the rear actually sat lower than the front with my Eibachs). I hated that. So, I did some redesigning and now it's one sub and it can be easily removed before I go to the track. The alt is stock output, I've had no problems with it so far.

Coustic is a cheap brand! But, they pound pretty good and have gone through a couple -35c winters without cracking! Check out coustic.com

I covered the spare tire opening so I can mount the nitrous bottle there. I cut a 3/4" piece of OSB to size, fabbed brackets and it'll definitely hold the weight of the tank.

 

[RECKS]

What stall speed are you running for the torque converter? I'm doing the same set up with a 383 and 700r4, would like to know how it hooks up with the stall you are running, whenever you get it on the street.

I bought the transmission used and it came with a 3000 stall, so that's still in it. I will see how that does when I get it on the street. I will let you know.