[OLD SKL 69]

Hi everyone. I just joined the forum and was hoping for some good advice. I purchased a 69 Olds Cutlass S with a cutlass supreme interior and 442 badges on the outside. I guess the last owner could not make up his mind. Anyway, it originally came with a 350 and a powerglide, but both were replaced with another 350 and a turbo 400. The 350 is a 68 motor with #6 heads on it, 4 barrel carb, hei ignition, headers, and 3" exhaust with 2 chamber mufflers.

It sounds cammy with a lopey idle but it is slow. I read on another post that the hei distributors were for smog motors and I need to get an adjustable vacuum advance and make sure that I am getting 36 degrees total timing by 3000rpm. That I will check when I can run it. But I think the exhaust is also too big for this car. Shouldn't it have a 2 1/2 inch exhaust with 3 chamber mufflers? I am thinking that I do not have enough back pressure to give me low end torque. I also checked the timing and found that it does not want to run anywhere near the factory setting, so I am not sure if someone degreed the cam in correctly. The previous owner could not tell me about the motor other than he said it was rebuilt about 7 years ago and has sat the whole time. It smokes when you accelerate it at start up and seems to clear up as it warms up. I am figuring that I will need to take it out drive it more. Finally, I wanted to know if anyone is using a 200R4 tranny and if it was worth the money to switch it over from turbo 350/400. I will be using this car for cruising and occasional drag strip runs. Thanks for your help.

Darrell

P.S. I tried to sign up at realoldspower.com but I could not finish the registration process. I tried contacting the administrator but they have not replied. Can anyone help me with that?