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I used to e-mail this guy because I had found his Cutlass online somewhere...

 

He did some VERY custom and unique things...the list is below...

 

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These are the uprgades that I have done so far (11/03/01)

 

Suspension:

Front - trimmed springs to achieve 1.7in drop

KYB GR2 Struts

Energy Suspension greasable polyurethane sway bar bushings

Rear- Coil over set from Ram Air Technology

RaCtive helper springs

Top strut mount turned upside-down and mounted from the top(requires cuting of the rear deck), to achieve up to 7(seven) inches drop

KYB GR2 Struts

Addco 7/8in sway bar with Energy Suspension greasable bushings

Trailing arms moved 1/2in to inside to fit wheels

 

Wheels and tires:

1st set - stock wheels with winter tires Fulda Kristal Rotego (these are very good)

2nd set - Mas Italy MGR wheels with Sumitomo HTRZ II tires,

17x8wheel & 255/40/17 front, 18x8wheel & 255/45/18 rear

 

Exhaust(not finished yet)

Stainless steel mufler

 

Engine:

Bosch PLUS 4 spark plugs

Removed PCV system and EGR system

Breather oil cap

Manual control of the fans

K&N drop-in filter

Removed fog light assembly(going out of stile anyway)

Dual cold air intake with funnels using fog light holes

custom made intake pipe

M - 201 Mobil oil filter (from 3.4 liter ingine,twice the size and filtration)

Mobil 1 Tri-Synthetic oil

removed washer fluid tank & pump

 

Interior:

110V power inverter

110v 24in black light on ceiling

remote start system with keyless entry and power trunk

painted gauges in blue

racing pedals

2in shortened shifter with leather boot

light inside center console

driver power seat with costom plates,moved 5 inches to rear

all interior light replaced with blue bulbs

self-dimming rearview mirror with compass

lighter replaced with engine start button

ashtray raplaced with coin holder

Pioneer DEH-P85DHR head unit (special GM fit),with remote and

bulit-in alarm, used with glass and shock sensors

6.5’’ Pioneer front and 6x9 Pioneer rear speakers(with boxes), 28-32000Hz

15’’ Pioneer subwoofer with custom build lightweight box(2.75 cu.ft.)

on rear deck,between the 6x9 speakers

two Nokia tweeters placed on quarter trim panel, above seat belt bolt(on the side of the front seat)

Front doors paded with foam for extra noise reduction

Battery moved to trunk,with 1farad blasting capacitor

Lightning Audio 340W amp,with remote Juice Boost

custom made trunk lift cilinders(original ones removed to fit box)

removed third brake light

all electrical instalation glued to chassis to eliminate rattling

 

Exterior:

Blue halogen headlights(custom made)

painted black side markers

bumper panels streched out for agresive look

GTO sunshades

custom made taillights

flexible antena

custom made hood spoiler

custom made rear spoiler with third brake light

custom made front bumper lip and grill

trimmed rear fenders, removed fender trims(total of 2 inches of height,to achieve more lowering)

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That hood spoiler is the gayest thing I think i have EVER seen on a car. Might as well of put on sign on the window that says I like men. Other than that it is one nice ride.

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:!: :?: I hope that gets hit by an asteroid. thats worse than the ricer with the wood body kit, the ricer with the wood wing, and the phat white GP with that gayass 5 ft wing and fatass driver all combined. Im now sick

 

What a waste of an otherwise beautiful car

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Wow, did anybody read his engine mod list?

- "Removed PCV and EGR system" (ummm... care to explain?)

- removed fog light assemblies (are you kidding, I LOVE those on my car)

 

But I agree with 90TGP, I like the lower valence he made with cleaning up the front fasica. I catch a glimpse of some other Cutlass's and it looks like they bottomed out and ripped off some the body work... like on most Grand AM owners.... :lol: Everyone got to do something different. What's that hood spoiler supposed to do? Increase drag co-efficents? :confused:

 

- RedFox340

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Seeing as you guys are probably curious to know more, I figured I'd copy and paste some of the e-mails we exhanged...

 

Sorry if this is LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNG!:)

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Hey, I expected more questions!

Its allright,just joking.

1. The PCV (positive crankshaft ventilation)system is

made for emmition controls and takes filtered air from

a small hose after the filter,circulates it through

the engine and sucks it into the intake,taking some

oil with it(especialy when your PCV valve is old).This

is the exaust gas that slips through the piston rings

and goes into the crankcase.Well, any engine would

prefer to breathe clean cold air instead of CO2 and

oil...

The EGR(exaust gas recirculation)has a

electromagnetic valve which brings exaust (from the

exaust manifold) back to the intake,it is HOT dirty

air that also helpes the smitions of the car.I plugged

the manifold and on the end of the hose I put small

air filter so when my EGR valve opens, it takes LOTS

of cold filtered air.These two steps are must to do if

you want better performance and longer life of your

engine, of course it is street illegal...Oh, the

service light never comes on.

2. the oil cap-since I have plugged the intake so it

doesnt take the PCV gas anymore, I need to have a way

for this gas to leave the engine,that is why I removed

the stock oil cap and I put a B&M breather filter to

close the hole.It does need to be washed once in a

while(collects oil) but does great job.

3. the fans-I simply put two extra relays AFTER the

stock ones(underhood electrical center,pass. side)

with two switches ,which work only when the engine

does(so I dont acidentaly drain the battery).This way

I can turn both fans on in hot days and keep my engine

cool while having the air conditioning running.The

stock setting for engaging the fans if way higher than

what it should be.

4. the tank-I moved the battery to the trunk and

removed the tank,cause it was on top of it.I am

clearing space for the turbocharger I am planning to

add.

5.the power inverter is inside my center

console,underneath the radio and it has two outlets on

the side of it.

6.the seat-these cars dont have lots of leg room on

the front seats.I like to drive with my legs straight

and I got two pieces of metal,took the drivers seat

out and measured the distance between the holes,than I

simply put 4 holes into each bracket and that is how I

moved the seat(see the picture)

7. It is actually imported from Swiss and it has a

blinking light and monitores the vacuum in the

engine,so when the engine starts you can press it

again and nothing happens.

8. I moved the battery to get some space under the

hood,to get better weight balance and to put it closer

to the amplifier.The capacitor is ridht on top of it.

The alternator is stock (105 amps) and it is the

third I've bought allready.For some reason these are

not reliable.It is not the system that blew it,the

first one burned when my car was still stock.

9. When I put the subwoofer box under the rear deck

the original springs that lift the trunk lid had to

go,so I put two lift cilinders to have my trunk open

slowly when I hit the remote control switch.

About the engine-normaly aspirated 3.8 series II

engine has 200HP and lots of weight.The Turbocharged

3.1L from the TGP had 205HP back then,with the stock

Garret turbocharger.These days they have many

aftermarket parts that can push it (my estimate) up to

 

300-330HP, especialy if you have the upgraded version

of the 3.1(from Malibu, for example).All you need is

lower compression pistons from TRW,Total Seal piston

rings,5 angle valve job,agressive cam and head gaskets

and the turbo itself.After all that-good dyno test and

have the PCM reprogrammed.Also better MAP sensor,one

thet can register both vacuum and boost.Bye for now.

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Those are the stock taillights of my car and since I

cannot buy clear or Alteza style taillights, I decided

to make my own. Basicaly you can find all kinds of

reflectors in the auto parts stores,than all you need

is to drill holes that are little smaller than the

reflector,remove the backing tape from it and attach

it with couple stainless steel bolts.First I tried

without making holes in the lenses but the light

wasn't enough. As a last step I sprayed the lenses

with see-through paint and that was it.Took me total

of 4 hours for both sides and I saved myself about

$200.I think that using one small circle on the top

and one big on the bottom will look way better than

what I have. There is my most recent picture,sorry for

the low quality.

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The spoiler on the hood of my car came from the

junkyard and it was on the rear window of a GMC Jimmy,

I think 1990. However, I had to make my own brackets.

The front lip is from Chevy Astro van, I had to cut

it in the middle and put aluminum bracket behind it to

stiffen it.The grill costs about a buck-this one I

found in Home Depot.I hate to spend money for

something I can easily make myself and that is how I

saved a lot and still reached my goals. I live in

Portland,Maine where I moved from Europe 3 years ago.

I don't realy like the place but I need to graduate in

college before I move somewhere else.I bought the car

two years ago and I am happy with it.I actually have

two other cars like it- a maroon 1990 and Gold metalic

1997.Those are bone-stock.I am sending you more

pictures(which are taken in the beginning of this

summer) and a .DOC file with the upgrades.Mitko.

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I am sending you the .txt file this time.

About the pictures- I have a bra and headlight covers

but on the picture with the bra I didn't have the side

markers painted. Yeah, all 3 cars are Cutlass

Supreme's .My mother is driving the '97-they kinda

decreased the quality for the last year of production.

I am realy thinking about getting a turbo from Grand

Prix and have my PCM reprogrammed.Also a Getrag manual

gearbox will fit nice on it. It is allways easier to

drop a 3.8Supercharged in it, but it is too heavy and

slow.

About the taillights- if you use athesive

reflectors

and paint the rest of the taillight in daytime you

will

lose all of the light from it.I tried just attaching

the reflector on the taillight but it still wasn't

enough light so I ended up removing lot of plastic(see

the picture) from the taillights.Hey, if you have any

other questions don't hasitate to ask,I'll be happy to

help you out, if I can.

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Hi, Jeff Igot some time to write to you today.

About the battery- I know its dangerous to keep acid

battery in the trunk, but I never nad any problems

with it.I am getting the sealed Optima battery next

spring.I go to school in the late afternoon and I have

my own custom shop in Portland.It is nothing big-there

are not many poeple around here that like

high-performance stuff.I am going to close it soon.I

am actualy saving money for a small dealership, where

I want to sell only sports cars(future plans).For the

exaust- If I get turbocharger I will run 3" pipe all

the way to the mufflers(I'll make it dual exaust)

and for now I only have muffler(which I bought from JC

Whitney for $75).OK,the struts are actualy noly

cartgidges-after you open the original strut and

remove the internal components,it slides right

inside.The only thing included is the cap that closes

it from the top.The strut bearing on these cars are

only sliders-not roller bearings.I have a catalog for

all kinds of bearins and I will soon figure out which

axial bearing will fit with minnimum tayloring.These

KYB struts are actualy rated for 12000 miles and mine

are allready getting sooooft.Too bad KONI discontinued

the adjustable struts for these cars.I have called the

official distributor, but they told me that to

continue the production the factory in Sweden need an

order of at least 100 pieces.Otherwise,the adjustable

struts are GOOD,I ve spoken to people that still have

them.If I had the money,I would order 100

pieces,because I know that I can sell them, but its

going to be long time for that.My advice is get chear

struts with lifetime waranty and replace them once a

year.I got all four struts for $220,local parts store

came up with $65 a pop for the front, but with

lifetime waranty.By the way-I didn't list the rear

cross-drilled rotors in the upgrade list cause they

are noisy pieces of s--t!I will get rid of them soon,I

got slotted rotors for the front,but they are still on

my 1990 olds.I kinda like the old car better-I have

done 125mph on level road with 4 people in it,the new

ones have nasty speed governor that cuts them off at

105mph.Steve Cromer(with Grand Prix 3.4)did over

150mph...OK,gotta go. Mitko

P.S.There is my car when it was still stock,it has

home-made headlight covers.

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most of the car is ok but the hood spoiler of course sucks and the huge ass exhaust sucks ass and of course my favorite

Removed PCV and EGR system
what the fuck I do stupid things but i'm confused why the hell you would do that. If you don't have a turbo then why would you do that, and the black painted turn signal interesting but no corner turnsignal?
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what is this "red head" talking about under engine

removed washer fluid tank & pump
huh? When explaining the things done, talking about the engine
About the engine-normaly aspirated 3.8 series II

engine has 200HP and lots of weight.The Turbocharged

3.1L from the TGP had 205HP back then,with the stock

Garret turbocharger.These days they have many

aftermarket parts that can push it (my estimate) up to

 

300-330HP, especialy if you have the upgraded version

of the 3.1(from Malibu, for example).All you need is

lower compression pistons from TRW,Total Seal piston

rings,5 angle valve job,agressive cam and head gaskets

and the turbo itself.After all that-good dyno test and

have the PCM reprogrammed.Also better MAP sensor,one

thet can register both vacuum and boost.Bye for now.

what thats all you have to do to get 300+hp wow thats nothing at all :lol: He keeps switching from things he has to things he wishes he had, strange guy, must be the red sinking in. :shock:
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Man, I was thinking it looked GREAT...

 

...until I saw the HOOD SPOILER, WTF?!?!?! :gone2far: :gone2far: :gone2far:

 

After seeing that monstrosity, I think it looks great...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...for me to poop on!

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I was just thinking... how did he do the front airdam and extending the bottoms of the bumpers like he mentioned?

I wonder if the thing is symmetrical... or if those pieces may eventually show cracks or seams.

I do really like the airdam.

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ooohhhhh, now we have "Shawn, the Insult Comedy Admin"

 

 

my guess - fiberglass. problem i see is fiberglass is hard, urethane(what the stock bumper is made from) is soft, they expand and contract as different rates, as well as flex differently, so if he did that there will be cracks on the seams, like when ya put a glass scoop on a steel hood.

 

i give him a break on the overuse of red, he is from europe.

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When I read his mods and his emails in more detail, I've come to realize this guy is a real nutjob (his fashion sense notwithstanding).

 

Removed his foglights because they're out of "stile"? WTF? And large empty gaping holes are IN "stile"? If foglights were out of style, why do all new cars have them, and why do people still add them to cars that didn't come with them?

 

I also noticed his wheels are different sizes :lol: It's FWD for goodness sakes! Also, I don't understand the flipping the strut mounts upside-down bit. That doesn't seem safe in the least. Not to mention 7" of lowering? I call BS on that one. If it was lowered 7", it'd be shooting sparks. There's a lot of other kooky stuff he did (besides the wing on the hood).

 

I'm thinking this is one car that looks good from a distance or in pics, but up close you would probably find all kinds of stuff wrong with it and a lot of the body work would probably look clearly hand-made.

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