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Planning on bringing this car home after years in storage. I recently purchased a Vega box from a fellow member, other then that it’s been small...
the olds and corvair turbo cars did not use the same carb. Corvair used the same carb as an early corvette with the straight six and three side...
Car is still a work in progress, hoping to get back to work on it after about a 4.5 year break.
if interested more pics and in depth thread http://classicoldsmobile.com/forums/racing-high-performance/39319-62-f-85-cutlass.html
havent updated in ever! its been on the back burner for about 7 months now. since the last update i decided to go more drag then street. I put a...
the idea i had for a strong running 62 would be a rover 4.6, with whatever goodies you want, a t5 and an s10 rear end, to get gear and posi...
Im building one right now, I dont have the factory front suspension. any engine with a rear distributor will involve taking the heater out. the...
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seats, obviously, arent original but they match eachother. One was dyed to try and match the interior but i didnt like it so i never did the other...
[IMG] It has a shock mount repair, passenger side only, structurally solid but needs some cosmetic work [IMG] [IMG]
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Ive got a nice 1962 oldsmobile cutlass, only rust is a little on the very bottom of drivers quarter behind tire and a few, literally, pin holes in...
I think the engine is slowing down while stopping because my transmission waits to downshift until the last second before your stopped and its...
My car does it during stopping or turning, or both simultaneously. I'll look over the carb and see if everything is right. It does have power steering
It seems to like its going lean, almost like im out of gas. thats why i raised the float, which actually made it worse. Idk if the choke is...
whats the dashpot? this is my first experience with a 4gc
I have a rochester 4 jet on my daily driver and whenever i turn or stop its idles down and almost dies, has a couple times. The engine idles,...
My current daily driver, 62 olds 215 auto
Ive got a few, still looking?
Falcongeorge, what happened to your post where you went through and explained I think three cams, isky crowed and crane I believe.
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I was just showing my personal experience with cams and compression. I dont know much about cams and you appear to know what your talking about.
I dont know much about squish and techinal cam specs but my nova has 9.6:1 comp with 220 cranking pressure in all cylinders and I run 87 octane...
Its a factory 4bbl, I dont know what heads are on it. yes stock trans, stock rear but I dont know what gears.
its a running engine that I want to do a cam and intake swap on.
will be running 455 olds with manual trans [IMG] 215 2bbl 3 on the tree [IMG] 215 4bbl auto floor shift [IMG] the wagon is the one i want to...
anyone know what the early 60's isky e-2 cam specs are for the 215? I found an old article where they made good power with one.
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