Whoa. Good call, I'm going to have to check this out.If this is rust under that vinyl I would probably pass on it, it might be nothing major but I have seen some nightmare metal damage under vinyl tops usually on the factory vinyl top cars with the rest of the car being very clean and rust free.
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1700 RPM @ 70mph sounds about right, it’s a combination of the 2.56 gear and the 4 speed OD transmission. My 1983 Supreme has the Buick 231 V6, 350C trans (3 speed no OD) and the 2.56 gear with the same size tires and cruising at about 50 I’m at about 2500 RPM, at 70 between 3000-3500Question on a Cutlass I found.
Reading the RPO’s (if I am reading them right) it’s a Canadian built 87 with a 305, 4 speed, it says the rear end is a 2.57:1. It has the build sheet, where I got the RPO’s but I can’t decipher those upper numbers in the blocks.
STE - PLANT CODE- ST THERESE, PQ, GM OF CANADA
GM8 - AXLE, REAR,2.56 RATIO
MW9 - TRANSMISSION, AUTO 4 SPD, THM 200, CONV CLUTCH
LV2 - ENGINE, GAS, 8 CYL, 5.0L, 4BBL
KM9 - MANIFOLD, INTAKE(ALUMINUM)
Using an online gear calculator, it shows 1656 rpm for 70mph with the stock 195/75-14 tires installed. Doesn’t that rear end gear sound kind of tall? Or is this a boat they built for emissions.
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