SOUNDS LIKE A CALL OUT LOL.......... RAGO TO BLACK

Oh harsh.... ever wonder why some Chevys have 4 bolt mains? Weaker castings with lower nickel! In all honesty though, I pulled a Chevy 355 out of the Cutty that was pushing it into the low 12's. I don't plan to build something slower.

I'll lay out the 455 build, you tell me how far off yours is:
68 455 with a forged crank
C casting heads pocket ported
speed pro forged pistons
Still gotta buy the Crosswind intake, the 60804 Voodoo cam, & headers to finish it off so I'm still about $8-900 away.
No need to worry about it coming apart, but Olds does have some oiling problems to address. I'm not 100% what power I'll be making, but I'd be willing to bet an honest 475 hp & 550 ft/bs.



AS A FAMOUS MAN ONCE SAID .....LETS LIGHT EM' UP BOYS.................LETS RACE

No I can't call him out until it's done. That just wouldn't be fair to either of us & I'd look like a poser. What I will do is lay out what I got. If he thinks his is a good match, cool.

Once the motor is done............. well

so what ya got?

Rago wrote:
I'll lay out the 455 build, you tell me how far off yours is:
68 455 with a forged crank
C casting heads pocket ported
speed pro forged pistons
Still gotta buy the Crosswind intake, the 60804 Voodoo cam, & headers to finish it off so I'm still about $8-900 away.
No need to worry about it coming apart, but Olds does have some oiling problems to address. I'm not 100% what power I'll be making, but I'd be willing to bet an honest 475 hp & 550 ft/bs.

Man I was tore up last night! But anyways, since I guess I must have come off sounding like I wanted to race, here's pretty much where I'm at.

Here is the Cutlass, completely gutted (not even a heater) with 90/10 shocks up front, Hotchkis front & El Camino rear springs, & boxed lower rear control arms. I still got the 12 bolt with 4.33 gears, but I loaned it to my cousin while I'm not using it:



Here is the old 355 Chevy I pulled out, if you want the specs I'll tell you:



Here is my cousin's 400 powered Cutlass, since we're on the subject & it's clean:



Recognize that front wheel? It's sitting in your yard right now.

I had one!!!!

WOW LOOKS LIKE THAT STRIPE IS MEANT FOR THE LAGUNA ?? WONDER IF SAME DESIGNER FOR GM MADE THE CUT FOR BOTH. its awfully close not to have been the same designer

Well hells bells. The Cutlass went bye bye Sunday night. It's all good though. I scored some cool toys & it would have rotted away in the woods before I got around to it with all of my other projects going on. Her new home is in Wisconsin! I still got another 455 in the shop, just gotta figure out what to do with it. Maybe when I finish one of the Chevelle projects I can find a 73-74 442.

crap you should have said sumtin you could have sent that 455 here my friend is looking for one for his project

That sucks. Next time I sell something I'll make sure to post it up here first. The 455 that I still have isn't anything special to write home about. I think it's either a 68 or 69 F2 block with a nodular crank. I got it from a buddy after it had been sitting uncovered for a few years so it needs some major cleaning. I'm gonna hold onto it though. Never know when I might need it. You know, like if I wanted to put some REAL power under the hood of the 73, LMAO!

I always post here first saves the trouble and hassle from ebay and craigslist hassle's

You're telling me. I don't really use CL or Ebay anymore unless it's small stuff or something I'm looking for. Ebay wanted to charge me & CraigsList was nothing but scam replies mixed in with a bunch of people just wanting to look or trade more cars that I didn't need. I finally got some serious responses when I posted to RacingJunk & still ended up doing some trading, LOL. I still can't believe the guy drove all the way down here through a snow storm from Wisconsin in a minivan to pick up my Cutlass. Now that's some serious dedication.

Rago wrote:. I still can't believe the guy drove all the way down here through a snow storm from Wisconsin in a minivan to pick up my Cutlass. Now that's some serious dedication.

Them olds and pontiac guys know a deal when they see one ................and they are hard core when it comes to buying them.............

I got nearly $3,000 worth of stuff in trade for it. Great deal from a business standpoint, but I still don't know if I like the idea of the car being gone. I've been trying to figure out why he came so far for it, but then I realize you northerners are in the rust belt. I bet he whoa nelly himself when he got home, inspected it, & found no rust!

I bet dude, and we are NOT in the rust belt !! We are the rust belt !! enough to start a scrap buisness every spring LMAO