Here's my money pit :)
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Fachie Motion
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- Apr 28, 2008
Wheels look sick 
what are they ?
what are they ?BoostedTtype
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- Feb 18, 2008
Yeah those wheele are hot.. Is the car lowered? What kit
The wheels are by Centerline and the series is the "Split Spoke" design. It's very light weight and is Rotary Forged. The size for the front and rear are all 15X8 and the front has 4 inch backspacing and the rear had 3.5 inches of backspacing. The tires are BFG front 235/60/R15 and the rears are BFG Drag Radials 275/60/R15. The springs are Suspension Techniques springs. I actually prefer Weld Pro Star wheels and I have a brand new set in the box with new MT tires. If any of you were living here on Oahu, I'd give this set for a couple hundred bucks and these are hardly used at all. Thanks for the compliment.
This is my 1987 Buick Regal Turbo T. The drive train (engine, trans and rear differential) are intact and original. This car came with the WO2 black out treatment, is an original black painted vehicle, now has black bumpers instead of the original chrome, has the OEM rear spoiler (NOS) from Mike's Montes & parts, that Oka's autobody (local autobody) and paint recently & professionally installed. I purchased a Pypes stainless steel cat back dual exhaust (installed by Exhaust Systems Hawaii) with a G Body parts ceramic coated/polished test pipe, and tinted windows (Solar Pro Tint & Glass) and an Alpine CD 105 player with remote control (Car Audio specialists) to match the alpine car alarm. This vehicle came equipped with the G80 option limited slip rear differential which I installed Royal purple lubricant gear oil and capped it off with a Moser Engineering / TA girdle rear axle cover. The rear upper control arms are adjustable units from UMI performance with spherical rod ends and are adjusted for better bite, lower control arms are Metco billet aluminum arms I also installed. The rear sway bar is a beefy 1 inch UMI perf. red powder coated unit I also installed recently. I also have another driveshaft which I was going to install because I wanted stronger U-Joints (Neapco Brute Force) installed already. Also, I installed is a red powder coated driveshaft safety loop I put on there. Installed as well is a H&R parts transmission mount. The transmission is the original BRF (tag is there to verify) transmission attached to the stock D5 torque converter (I verified by pulling the inspection cover) and shifts firm, but has no shift kit--please remember that I bought this car totally stock from my best friend who had to sell this car in 2005 due to moving to the mainland, and which he didn't want to sell. I installed new 36 lb per/hr Poston fuel injectors, injector seals, Caspers Electronics fuel injector harness, Kirban Perf. parts billet adjustable fuel regulator, a Walbro 340 intank fuel pump, AC Delco fuel filter, cleaned the throttle body, IAC valve (spring cleaning), cleaned out the intercooler, placed larger and better intercooler hoses with silicone hoses and heavy duty clamps, replaced a missing intercooler scoop, installed RJC polished crank, alternator and water pullies, a new AC delco belt, a new idler pulley, new (never started yet) AC delco R44ts spark plugs (.035 inch gap), Taylor 10.5 inch race ignition wires, replaced 90% of all the vacuum hoses, installed a LT1 mass air flow sensor with a MAF Translator (old Maf took a dump), G Body parts Polished MAF pipe, A K&N conical air filter, recently had the car converted to Vacuum brakes with a new Master cylinder and booster set up. I have new cross drilled and slotted rotors with new seals & bearings with SSBC aluminum Force 10 "loaded" calipers. Autometer gauges are installed in the A-pillar pod (Ultra-Lite series) 2 5/8 inch fuel pressure and turbo boost gauge(s), but are not hooked up both electrically and to the engine. I also have 4 VDO gauges that come with the car as well. Origiinally, this vehicle had a 60/40 split bench seat, which I replaced with 1987 seats. I had a 1987 GN parts car that I took almost everything valuble to make the "T" I wanted to create, so this car also comes with a 1987 GN full center console, shifter brackets, shifter cable, dash cluster, dash cluster shroud, steering column, a fully rebuilt BRF professionally rebuilt transmission (cost me $2,800) with a CK performance master rebuild kit which is shrink wrapped, an extra 8.5 GN rear with new ales bearings and seals, and a Moser TA girdle ready to go. I have a complete "LC2" 1987 motor. I have also 2 straight 1987 GN front fenders, an extra hood (straight), and too much other stuff to list. Currently the wheels installed on the T is 15 X 8 Centerline split spoke wheels wrapped in BFG rubber (275/60/15 DR's in the rear, 235/60's in the front, lots of meat). I have the original T aluminum rims with all 4 center caps. The oil is new (just changed-Mobil 1 10W-30 and a wix filter) but has not been started. I just changed the oil cooler lines I got from Highway Stars, a new 160 degree stat from G body parts, a stainless steel and silicone upper radiator hose. It has new engine coolant, new PCV valve (AC Delco), new NOS wiper blades ready to install from Highway Stars, a new driver's side valve cover gasket, and a new AC Declo alternator. The a/c is all intact as far as the components, but it needs to be evacuated, and recharged, otherwise it was retrofitted already to R-134A refrigerant. The shocks are brand new (all 4) from Bilstein, the springs are Suspension Techniques as well as the front sway bar bushings/links as well from ST. I installed front fender braces from Kirbans already. I habe a new waasher pump and a CK perf. shift kit in the box with a new wix filter ready to be installed as well. Whew, I'm saving this life story.
The car needs bodywork and paint, it has rust on both doors and the driver's door jamb area below the lower door hindge, otherwise its solid. This vehicle was never an HPD motorcar, and Carfax says that it was owned by a couple owners. My friend purchased this from a retired local man from Manoa, and had it parked with 40 some odd thousand miles due to a bad Turbo. The turbo was replaced with a rebuilt unit from my friend that sold it to me. The carpet was taken out because I was going to replace it, and wanted to convert this vehicle to floor shift to fit my satisfaction, which is why I have collected most of the parts to do the conversion, but didn't do it yet. The plates are in storage, the vehicle has never been raced as far as I know, but I have driven the car on short trips to enjoy the power. I removed the dinged up black fender trims (4) because I had intentions on replacing them. The driver's side tailight has a chip from OKA's Autobody which I didn't notice till later that day I picked the car up from them after the installation of the rear spoiler. Any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
The car needs bodywork and paint, it has rust on both doors and the driver's door jamb area below the lower door hindge, otherwise its solid. This vehicle was never an HPD motorcar, and Carfax says that it was owned by a couple owners. My friend purchased this from a retired local man from Manoa, and had it parked with 40 some odd thousand miles due to a bad Turbo. The turbo was replaced with a rebuilt unit from my friend that sold it to me. The carpet was taken out because I was going to replace it, and wanted to convert this vehicle to floor shift to fit my satisfaction, which is why I have collected most of the parts to do the conversion, but didn't do it yet. The plates are in storage, the vehicle has never been raced as far as I know, but I have driven the car on short trips to enjoy the power. I removed the dinged up black fender trims (4) because I had intentions on replacing them. The driver's side tailight has a chip from OKA's Autobody which I didn't notice till later that day I picked the car up from them after the installation of the rear spoiler. Any questions, don't hesitate to ask
.Santos Moreno
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- Jan 20, 2012
Here is mine, and soon to be a money pit. I was told everything was original, but guess what I found and external fuel pump so I am in the process of diggin deep and see what other changes it has. As I can tell the motor is all original but....we'll see
