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Nice man! Car sounds and looks great!!! Curious on your thoughts vs the l67. What do you like more? Is the ls4 worth the extra amount of work and expense vs the l67?
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With a sawzall and a welder, anything is possible. Its going to be up to you to decide between goals, budget and abilities.
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It sounds like you have an exhaust leak /s. Anyway, great job and keep the videos and pictures coming. I'm kinda jealous of the turbo aspect, but I don't care to make my Z34 the fastest. I just wanted to do a V8 swap to say I did.
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Congrats on the completion and being able to drive it. Its such a surreal experience getting to drive the car after doing so much work.
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Dang, its a been a spell. I'm sorry I havn't checked back in for some time. Anyway, I got the the Monte out to a few car shows last summer. I live in a rural area, so not many eyes and ears for modern cars. I was largely ignored but I don't care. The few people genuinely interested were great to talk to and showed sincere interest, so thats nice. Anyway, some pics and videos from last year. Yes, the vette covers are a cheeky joke, mostly. I figured if anyone else can do it for their LS (Vortec) swapped classic or hot rod, why can't I?
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There seems to be a brace added that might affect the way the coupe carpet lays across the rear seat hump. The bolt provision for the rear seat is just above my hand for reference. There may be some other additions like this in the front. Will update again tomorrow. I dont think the coupes have this reinforcement piece here.
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Ok lets start with the backseat area, thats as far as I am with yard work pressing. More to come tomorrow and will get into the `94 coupe for comparison. Here is what it looks like underneath. This is a `95 and other than a cosmetic difference in the trim, it should be about the same for all convertible Cutlass Supremes. I have not cleaned it up yet nor looked closer at the rust spots but nothing jumped out as alarming just yet. You can see where the carpet is just trimmed to fit around the rear seat belt bolts. Use the bolts to make a line as to where to end the carpet at, the rear insulation pad overlaps the carpet by a few inches.
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LQ1 3.4L DOHC V6 Timing Belt Change
White93z34 replied to MemphisMan's topic in FAQs and Technical Information
^ What he said. If you wanna go the extra mile line up the timing mark on the harmonic balancer and check the flats on the cams, one bank should be up one should be down depending on the stroke Being a 94' If you wanted to do it "by the books" you absolutely could make your own cam hold down tools, you need but a piece of flatbar stock and a couple metric bolt(the size and pitch escapes me at the moment) to hold the cam flats down. But beware despite 94-97 LQ1s having the improved cam cogs I've still seen them get stuck on real good. -
Tis the weekend project, I`m removing the Vert carpet first right now. I`ll have them out tomorrow and will get some measurements and pics. So far the difference I see is where the carpet ends at. On the coupe the carpet goes all the way beneath the rear seat and into the trunk, on the convertible the carpet is trimmed to end under the rear seat and a black insulation pad carries on up the welded bracing for the convertible top.
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My backlight for my radio and gauge cluster stopped working and a small amount of smoke came out for not even 5 seconds
pwmin replied to Chandler payne's topic in General
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Thanks. Had the front brakes and hub assemblies done during the intake manifold appointment. Would REALLY like to soften the ride.
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My backlight for my radio and gauge cluster stopped working and a small amount of smoke came out for not even 5 seconds
Chandler payne posted a topic in General
I have checked the wires and all seem fine the fuses are replaced as well when i noticed the smoke it smelled electrical but the smoke went away fast what could have caused it -
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Not a whole lot to go wrong there. you're in the Pacific NW according to your location so not much in the line of rust to kill them out there Window regulators and wheel bearings will probably be the biggest cause for concern you'll have with it over its life
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Wow. 34 mpg on I-5. 70mph+. Outstanding!
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Converted my 4t65 to a manual shift now she drives. getting a speedmaster shifter soon. just got to align it and it time to drive and tune her FullSizeRender.MOV
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Thanks jiggity76. There’s so many I wish I could have held on to!
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Welcome! I use to have an 06 GXP and loved it! I bought it brand new and wish I would have kept it.
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Hi all. Just signed up. I’m here from GPForum where I used to get lots of good technical info. Alas the site is no more. Hope to pick up and share info as I go along. Just put my 2006 Grand Prix back on the road after several years in storage. Nothing fancy but it runs great and still looks good.
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LQ1 3.4L DOHC V6 Timing Belt Change
Schurkey replied to MemphisMan's topic in FAQs and Technical Information
My first timing belt replacement, I did not use any of the "special tools" from the Kent-Moore kit. With all the parts removed to access the timing belt but tensioner still installed, I used a "paint pen" to mark the belt and the toothed sprockets before the old belt came off. Then I counted the number of teeth between each painted mark on the old belt, and transferred paint marks to the new belt. The new belt then went onto the engine with the paint marks on the belt exactly lined-up with the paint marks on the toothed sprockets. Install tensioner, and allow it to take up the slack. Reinstall all the rest of the stuff removed for belt access. Done. Since then, I've used the various special tools, which does make the job go faster and allow for "perfect" OEM-spec cam timing, or adjusting the intake and exhaust cams differently if a person cared, and was exceedingly careful. I'm re-using the tensioner, and re-using the corregated bushing thingies that go between sprocket and cam on the earlier engines. (Later engines use a different system, but none of my belt jobs have been on the later-version engines.) -
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Brain fart! New with 93 cutlass
j_train5344 replied to j_train5344's topic in New Member Introductions
Given the number I'd seen from forum/YouTube posts. I knew you'd have the numbers. Regardless of who posted originally!! -
Brain fart! New with 93 cutlass
j_train5344 replied to j_train5344's topic in New Member Introductions
I'll post a pic from the back. Pass side looks more "in line". Driver side seems to bulge. That's where the roughly 2" tear in the soft top is. Also, with a little pressure the "rib" seems to give quite a bit. Thank you for the kind presentation words. I thought so myself. It's why I pulled the trigger on price. As far as lug covers are concerned, I didn't know Pontiac preferred black, but I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one that hand tightened them with a 3/4(19mm) socket. -
Brain fart! New with 93 cutlass
jiggity76 replied to j_train5344's topic in New Member Introductions
It looks normal to me. The car really presents nicely. Good to hear about the lug nut caps. Yes, they are suppose to be silver, Pontiac seemed to use a lot of black ones. I just use a small extension with a 3/4 inch socket and use my hand to screw those caps onto the lug nuts. Hand pressure or tightness is enough to secure them without the possibility of stripping them out. CD is a rare option on these cars in general, especially the early ones. More convertibles got CD it seems for 93-95. Here's the numbers from our own Forum. A dude named ManicMechanic figured out all the numbers on the verts and did the work. He's incredible when it comes to production information. 6,626 verts made in 93. 1,440 of those were Bright Red, Graphite interior, and Black top. -
Brain fart! New with 93 cutlass
j_train5344 replied to j_train5344's topic in New Member Introductions
Jiggity76...and that's what makes you the man! For real, you honor those before you and you pay it forward. Torch red, black top on leather black interior with a stock cd player...how many were made...1 of what??? Also, I have the lug covers in a ziplock in the trunk. The dealer said they're mine and belong to the car. Silver if I recall. In that quoted pic it seems a top rib is out of line, is that normal to your knowledge?? -
Brain fart! New with 93 cutlass
jiggity76 replied to j_train5344's topic in New Member Introductions
Not sure if you care about it or not but it looks like you're missing the lug nut caps. Very pretty car though! -
Brain fart! New with 93 cutlass
jiggity76 replied to j_train5344's topic in New Member Introductions
That's very kind of you! I've learned a lot due to me basically having to get so deep into both my cars restoration. It's forced me to learn how these cars are put together and I've become very good at looking for parts, doing research, etc. I'm trying for perfection but still have lots to learn and work to do. I can't forget to mention the guys who came before me. I've learned so much from them that I can't...NO ONE can do it without their knowledge and guidance. I'm just trying to pay it forward.