Member: sasmith350 1981 Buick Regal2 pics added 7/13/2008
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Member: sasmith350 1981 Buick Regal2 pics added 7/13/2008
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1981 regal with a 84 t-type front clip....2000 model chevy 5.3/t-56 with a ford 9" holding 4.11 gears and a posi makes it move.
list of mods...
motor is still efi with the stock ecm 12" disc brake swap font and rear biondo lineloc and summit racing proportioning valve comp engineering roll bar polyeurethane body mounts gta wheels with 255/50r16 falken tires on all corners hand fabbed cold air intake custom fabbed side exit exhaust with stock catalytic converters and thrush muffers vdo gauges in a custom dash hurst billet plus shifter helwig 1.3" front sway bar moser 31 spline axles/stock posi w/raybestos clutches f-41 suspension/bracing
more stuff i've probably forgot...i'll add to it as i remember
and now the story behind it...
got tired of the carbed sbc getting only 5 mpg, had already been thru 9 motor swaps(originally a non-turbo 6, then an Olds 350 to a 403, back to a NA6, pontiac 350, 5 different sbc's), breaking the stock 7.5 three times, burning up who knows how many th350's....decided to build a car i could afford to drive, and not have to fix every time i raced it...wanted to build a GN/T-Type clone, but couldn't find a turbo 6 cheap enough, read a ton of articles on the LS1/6 engines and decided to try to find one of those....settled on a 5.3 since it's a ton cheaper and easier to find. i snagged a t-56 from a buddy who runs a wrecking yard, got a second job at a parts store to get a discount and access to parts books to do the necessary conversion...took 2 years to tear down the car, fix the rust damage(i love/hate t-top cars) and wire the 3 factory harnesses together(2000 truck, 84-t-type, 81 regal) and fabricate the needed mount/brackets and whatnot....i applied the paint at a friends garage since mine is attached to the house. a lot of people find it hard to believe the custom stripes are rattle canned on under the clearcoat.
as for reliability, the car has been trailered home 4 times now....bad fuel pump the first time(gotta flush the tank with a new pump), wiring issues a couple months later, desplined a stock 28 spline ford axle showing off(was down for 6 months), and broke the stock pinion drag racing at KCIR back in march 2008(best run so far is a 15.5 @ 88mph...breaking the pinion at half track or so, but hey, i got 31 mpg on the way to the track due to the t-56)....hopefully this won't be a continuing trend.
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