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Yo,

So, I'm thinking of getting a new car. Got a good price on it. An '81 Oldsmobile Cutlass.

However, this is no ordinary Cutty. The previous owner did some crazy stuff with it. He took out the stock 355 and dropped in a 454. He re-did the exhaust (mainly put chrome tips on, not much performance gain there), tuned the engine, revamped the suspension, and everything.

All told, he tells me this thing puts out about 400hp/500ft-lb. If I buy it, he says he'll tune the distributor and get me another 50 each way (he says any more and he can't handle the car!).

I'm gonna get a list from him about the work he's done on it, but what I want to know from you hot-rodders out there is what more should I do with it? Dude tells me I could force out another 300hp if I try, with a new exhaust and larger intake. What do you guys suggest? NOS? Super/turbo (it's carbeurated, so I don't know how well that would work, though I do love the sound of a good stage 4 turbo powering up, that shrill whistling sound just screams balls to me! Maybe I should find out how much a nice twin would cost instead of going that crazy!) Plus I'm going to put a pair of 12"s in the trunk, either Boston, maybe JBL, JL-Audio, or that big honking 18" 10,000-watt kicker (I'd have to go dual-alternator to power the thing, I would imagine.)

The price? $9500 Cdn. So, for you American's, that's like $6000.

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Break out the wallet, you're going to be putting some gas in that Hog, why don't you consider something with better gas mileage, all your party money will go into the gas tank.

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By re-did, I mean that he just replaced the stock with something with a little more flow, but he didn't go over-board. It was more for show than anything. And by adding 300hp, I mean the total engine mods can get it out of the car, not just the exhaust

As far as performance goes, I can assure you this thing is a Viper-killer. He gets 0-60 in under 5 seconds (he never tested it), and I took a drive with him and I believe him. Felt like I was being thrown out the back window.

Ryan, waddya mean something with better gas mileage? Are you pushing rice rockets on me? YOU BETTER NOT BE! I'm buying this thing with full knowledge that I'll be paying twice as much for gas as I am now, probably a good deal more, but I'm not going to pass up the opportunity to put all these shitty 5.0 'stangs in my neighbourhood to shame, especially since this is the first car I've ever really owned.

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dude, thats gonna be one nice f#cking car... and about the NOS, I dunno - though its a hell of a performance boost (when u need it), its mighty strenuous on the engine (btw, modified cam?), but the Turbo is a definite YES. I mean, that whirring sound, I love it... man, there's some guy around the corner from me who owns a Toyota MR2 in yellow with the most GORGEOUS intake mod I've ever seen, I mean absolutely nuts (a scoop about 18" wide and about 9" high) on either side, just behind the doors.... WOW.. anyways, he's got twin turbo, and the sound that thing makes... damn !! ! ! i can hear him coming from a good distance away, and when he races this modified VW Golf (some other guy around here owns a rally modified golf) its fvckin sick... wow i love cars
back to yours - definitely go turbo... also, check-out what kind of gas line he's got goin on, you might want to think about dual lines (unless its already there)... also, disc brakes ? ummm, with regards to the torque - any frame modifications, i mean i can imagine that thing twists and pulls left right and center, and a couple of crossbars would do wonders..
and last but not least - the paint job... whats it look like so-far ?

Also, where u located dude - i'm in montreal, and i'd love to see the car if yur not too far

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Yeah, I knew that's what you meant about him not being able to handle it, not the car. That's why I said "he" instead of "the car".

But hey, it's your money. Knock yourself out.

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So your trying to tell me that this

can outrun a viper....


Im gonna have to pull out the bullshit card on that one.

<A HREF="http://autos.en.msn.ca/Vip/Heraud/Dodge/Viper/2003S.asp" target="_new"> msn's report = 0-100 in 4.2 </A>

<A HREF="http://dodge.jbroadtests.com/Viper/2003/index3.php" target="_new"> another link 0-60 in 4 sec. flat </A>

<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/SPEEDDMN16/rt10.html" target="_new"> yet another link 0-60 in 4 sec flat </A>

and you want me to believe that, that cutlass with only 400 hp can beat a machine(500 hp) DESIGNED to race and be faster.

I think the guy who selling it to ya is giving ya alittle bullshit. Granted I do believe that it is fast (with a 454 come on, not an idiot) but I dont believe he races Dodge Vipers and wins.

Just my opinion though... could be wrong.

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Yeah your right. I wasnt trying to burst your bubble just give you a little incite before you buy. The other drivers could have been crap too but I guess if you like it and know how to drive it more power to ya.

Good luck with everything.

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As I said earlier, I haven't tested it's performance for myself. When I do, I'll let you all know what it can, and can't, do.

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Even the EARLY '92 Vipers were barely 5+ second 0-60 cars. So unless they are poorley maintained or driven by tools, there's little chance. N20 might help, but seriously I think it will more likely just melt your engine and DEFINITELY reduce it's life. At least with a cutlass engines are cheap, but not disposable.

If this is your primary car I hope you don't drive a long way to work.

Have him Dyno it somewhere as a condition of sale if you can. Sounds too good to be true, but also sounds like a bit of fun if it is.

Still give me a nice Triumph Daytona or Any TVR. Viper-eaters! But then again they cost a little more than $6,000. Althought the Daytona isn't MUCH more.

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damn that sounds nice..... mind-you, for the paint, I'm a fan of the wild 60's and 70's colours - you know, greens and reds and baby blues... car i've been trying to find (used, for re-building) is a 1970-72 barracuda in candy-apple green, with plum purple trim, heheheheheh
anyways, would love to see some pics - try and get some !! !!

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I I get the car I'm going to borrow my friend's digital camera and make a massive homepage with nothing but pics pics pics. I'm estimating 50.

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Winnipeg. Nothing but hicks and rednecks here.

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A Cutlass should weigh around 3700-4200 with all that extra stuff onboard. Mine weighed 4100 after upgrades...

A few years back (In my heyday...) I had an 82 Cutlass. I tweaked it, cut the hood up, and put tunnel rams in with a 6-pack edelbrock carb set. I yanked the 454 out of an '81 vette, rebuilt it, and tossed it into the cutlass! $9,000 (this was late 80's...) and several more upgrades later, you shoulda heard that thing suck air! WOO HOO!!

Anyhow, I dyno'd it, and with 600hp and 535 ft/lbs of torque, 4.8 0-60, 10.4 quarter (rear end was geared too low...), I had a street rod that nobody in town could match...until I rolled it like a fool.

Even a guy with an '87 5.0 Stang with the hyped 302 couldn't match me! Boy, I was king of the hill....

With newer technology, I don't see why you shouldn't be able to match, or beat an older Viper. If you can't beat it, it would at least be a good race!



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Oh, but I do know cars, just not domestics. I'm more into the late model European scene. I'd get a bimmer or Porsche, but they're a little out of my price range

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a machinist!!! I would expect that from wingding but not you. who would ahve thought you'd like pain so much.
















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I did the math, and the max acceleration on that car, with 400 horsepower at 4100 pounds, is 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds.

Now that is max theoretical acceleration, so the actual acceleration you would get would be slower, as it doesn't take into account many factors. For instance, the max theoretical acceleration of a Corvette is 0-60 in about 3.3 seconds, but in reality it does it in about 4.2 seconds. So, the real number for your car would be more like 5.2 - 5.5 seconds. So, you'd be running about 12.5 - 13.0 second quarter miles, which is good. So, that car would be about as fast as one of the new Nissan 350z's.

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so ....

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i know about this literature....but what is this sex thing you are talking about????

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