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im going to be boxing the middle section of my frame before i install it back under the body. dont remember how the old bushings were removed, but do i need to leave openings to slide the lower body bushing in or are the holes at the bottom of the frame large enough to fit the bushing through?

I had water in my oil so i tore the motor apart to replace the head gaskets. installed felpro 1000 and torque sequenced every 10 ftlbs, up to 70ftlbs. then decided to replace the rear main seal. After looking at the bearings and something scratched into the crankshaft. Engine needs a complete...

85 hotair motor, getting the motor rebuilt from a wiped cam lobe and very low oil pressure. Last year when i tore the motor apart, i was researching and decided to use the felpro1000 gaskets with a compressed thickness of 0.039 in. I brought my heads to the machine shop to get shaved down...

decided to finally post pics of my project i started 2 summers ago. I have a 85 buick ttype as a daily driver and the original motor finally decided to give up with a wiped cam lobe and smoking turbo. Parked the car in its final resting last november. After inspecting the overall structural...

the area were the sheet metal joins right above the frame is rotted out on the drivers side. I cant find the search of old posts i saw before with pics, But i remember one guy using thicker metal welded in place instead of 2 thin sheets joined together. Whats the easiest way to repair this. I...

My gf bought me a compressor last year. 26 gallon oiless, i think rated at 3.4cfm at 90psi. i dont want to buy another compressor for this one paint job. i have a devilbiss hvlp spray gun. I have the car stripped with the doors off, trunk lid,, fenders, hood. Would this little compressor be...

hey guys, in the process of putting my car back together after a frame off. The shell was media blasted and then coated with epoxy primer. I have to do some body filler before base coat. This is a tight budget build for my daily driver 86 cutlass with a turbo buick motor, I want to use omni...

im doing a frame off on my 86 cutlass and gonna put my hotair motor in it. The car was blasted with "gem blasting" really fine media that doesnt harm the metal. Where the roof meets the pillars, the factory body work looks really bad and it was a landau top car so it looks like they didnt put...

i live in chilliwack bc, and BC as only one insurance company so they can control the prices of glass replacement. Im restoring my car and am ready to install the rear window which i still have, And install a new windshield. One company Apple auto glass is charging $450 for everything...

im currently building a 86 cutlass with a 85 hot air motor. Im using the turbo wiring harness under the dash. The cutlass has the rally pack gauge cluster with the tach. Can i use the green plug off the coil pack to feed the tach input (ive already switched the back of the tach for 6cyl) or will...

i dont want to get a woofer and amp because i like having a big trunk, but was wondering if i built speaker boxes to surround my rear speakers would make a noticable difference? i have the interior out of my car and the rear windows removed (doing a frame off) so would be pretty easy to modify...

im half way through my frame off restoration. Going to drill some holes in the firewall for gauge wires and hotwire kits..etc. on the passenger and driver side of the firewall. In the future im going to get the AEM wideband o2 sensor, i was wondering how big of a hole i should drill into the...

trying to use the diagram to swap gn dash harness into a cutlass dash. everything is straight forward except for the instrament cluster. i want to make sure all the wiring is the same because the plugs are different. i need to cut/splice to make the cutlass intrament cluster into the gn harness...

im doing a frame off on my car and removed the landau top. grinded down all the factory rivets for the fabric and chrome trim. Got the car blasted and epoxy primed so i can do the body work. there are some rivets that i some how missed and now i have to grind them down, but will end up going...

wondering if it would be a good idea to prevent rust is to spray the inside rear frame section with fluid film or some sort of grease to protect it from rusting. respray twice a year or so.. same sorta idea with spraying inside the door panel with wd40

im in the middle of doing a frame off restoration and i have all the trim and glass removed from the body. there is no exterior rust that needs to be taken care of. This is not a show car so i dont want to spend thousands for a paint job. I am going to be spraying with duplicolor laquer...

which vendor on this site carries a non chinese made 20 bolt cover. earl brown mods and fully assembled with proper clearances would be nice but not necessary. im not looking for the high volume oil pump. thanks

i got my hotair motor out of my car ready for paint after doing port work and cam and chain and things. Its going back into my 86 cutlass. i want the motor to look more stock like the 3.8 that came originally in the car. Ive decided to paint it GM blue, the block and heads. leave the intake...

im going to be installing the front cover, intake manifold, oil pan, heads, valve covers etc.. i know not to use gasket sealer on the head gaskets, Intake manifold - waters passages? on both the head and manifold side of the gasket? valve covers - ive got the rubber fel pro gaskets...

hey guys, im going to purchase a aem wideband sensor with gauge and want to start properly turning my motor. Im currently using my otc4000 for checking basic sensor information, but cant really tune fuel with it. ive got the tt5.6 chip with a lt1 maf and translator. I have a laptop so i was...