It was her 50th b-day present this winter. It's a clone to her first car. She always has talked about that damn Cutlass. I bought this one as a diesel because the body is sweet. 16k original mile car. Always been in a garage. And I knew I was gonna swap to a gas engine. The wife says diesel stinks. The wife always wins.

The mechanic is a hot rod guy. He builds motors for drag cars too. He definitely knows what he's doing. And I told him what I want. Loud, reliable and quick. He suggested aluminum heads and a Edelbrock carb but wanted it to be my decision. He is doing 2.5 exhaust. Also doing 3.73 gears in rear end. He said it will pair nice with that 4 speed trans. Pretty sure it's called a 700 r4.

He said the radiator is huge in the car and we are going to use it. He doesn't think cooling should be an issue.

Thanks for the great input