Plastic Oil Filter Cap Question

Nice. I had a 72 Cutlass. Bought a 360hp 455 out of a 68 Olds for $40 and about 40k miles. Bought front and rear springs and sway bars out of a 71 SS 454 Monte Carlo and went to town. Never had a good gear, but 20-120 mph was pretty awesome. The days when it was so simple.

 

I have a pedal commander on mine that helps, but even the old 4:10s would have been better than 3.72s. I think you could make 4:30s from Tacoma work. Might have to notch the rear housing a little. I installed a 88 Supra limited slip carrier in my 97 stump. Axle diameter input and seals might be different. If it works they usually keep using it as long as they can.

 

damn nice!! Had to sell mine when my wife got laid off at the end of 2019.

I tried to do a tribute car with the 72

1972 Cutlass Supreme (originally 350) AC car

65000 original miles

Body was great, no rust anywhere

Paint (Radiant Green)

Original vinyl top, interior, carpeting and rubber Oldsmobile floor mats

Unmolested body and interior (dash, center console, etc.)

Rally Pack optioned

Power windows, door locks, trunk release

Power steering and brakes

F block 68-72 455 w/11.5 compression

C heads – ported, polished, decked, Comp Cams Roller Rockers

Edelbrock Torker Intake (ported, polished, powder coated)

Proform Holley 850 DP no choke horn

Keith Black pistons

Eagle forged rotating assembly

High volume low profile 7 quart oil pan

Comp Cams Solid Lifter: 568” intake/ 545” exhaust, 108 ls & 305 duration

New Trans Specialties TH400, big drum, sprag, 3500 stall converter, transbrake, manual valve body

Ceramic Hooker Super comp headers 2 1/2” exhaust to 2 chamber flows, over axle pipes running to the 442 bumper with exhaust cutouts. Also has electric cutouts for open exhaust via switch.

Mallory distributor, 6AL digital box with dial rev limiter and blaster coil

9” Nodular rear, Detroit locker, 4.30 gears and 31 spline moser race axles.

Quick fuel electric fuel pump with stock olds tank

Adj upper rear control arms

Adj drag shock front and 50/50 rears with 2 airbags

Super Stock 3 rims with Hoosier slicks

Back up slicks mounted on Weld Draglites

aluminum radiator with dual fans

Trans cooler with electric fan

Best time: 11:87 @ 118

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_VSn24uy-fg

 

You can still put the cartridge filters on top...

 

My last baby. I'm a truck guy. Started out on 70 Gran Prix dad bought new. Wish I still had that. Then 70 Chevelle, 72 Buick Gran Sport , etc. Then eventually Mopar. I like a Gran Sport really well. I liked GM but I never cared for Chevrolet. We could sit on the town square and do 25 donuts in each direction and be gone before the law got there in Lil Red. I had engine built in it. Couldn't blow it up.

 

hmmm. Can you explain/show us where you can do that?

 

That was probably before you may have been born and the county only had 4 patrol cars back then.

 

I may be missing the punch line, But my older Mercedes had a top load cartridge filter, Had a 27 mm top nut on the housing.

I think the comment went over my head, Been a long day.

 

We went on a tangent talking to each other, sorry.

 

I thought you were referring to our 4runners, thus my comment

 

Here was my last toy that had a spin on filter.

 

We were. I saw the Oldsmobile and got lost. At my age all I can do is reminisce, stumbling and mumbling around. Sometimes I drive slow with my blinker on just because.

 

Oh yeah. My buddy had a 68 Cuda. The guy that built my truck engine has a 68 Hemi Cuda he bought new. One of 50 with no heater and the warning sticker in the door jam.

 

I think my 06 Ram was the last Dodge to use that filter or one close to it. I changed oil on a friends newer model and it had a little tiny filter.

 

Yeah, I meant other manufacturers have done it. BMW is another one I've heard of.

 

I think the German cars have been like that for a long time. I don't know why or when they changed it. I liked it myself. They used 5W-30 too. I still do in mine.