I figured it's time to make an offical post on my project. This project has been going on for too long. I am on a mission to get it done ASAP. It's far too easy to get side tracked on something else and lose interest. I have to give my buddy Steve (SBorel) big props for helping me with this project for the past 4 yrs! I also wanted to thank Dean, Mark and the rest of the gang from NorCalGN. If I had a bigger budget I would make it cleaner for sure. For now I want to get it on the road, broken in.
My car started off as a 1986 Buick Regal T-type until some a$$hole stole it and it was recovered totalled 2 months later. I was able to settle with my insurance and purchase the wrecked car back since the drivetrain was fully intact and unharmed by the damage. I actually drove around with it all f'd up for a bit. Than after figuring out it would cost well over $10,000 to repair the body and frame damage I decided to do a swap.
One day I went to a local tow yard and drove away with a running driving currently registered 86 Buick Regal with a V8. The car even passed smog! This was a V8 car and of course had a mechanical fuel pump and smaller fuel lines thank the SFI turbo V6. I picked up this car for $450 and the only real problem is that reverse was hurt. I even loaned the to my late friend to commute to the Bay Area from Modesto when his only driver broke down for a few weeks and it was totally trouble free. A little old lady backed into this car after I just had a tire replaced before I was going to go to Santa Cruz and put a nice dent in the rear quarter panel! She also ran but since she had just got service done at Walmart they had all of her info and a tech witnessed the whole thing. The police paid her a visit and her insurance gave me a check for $700! That car rotted away while building the engine. There were just too many things going against it so I turfed it. It would've made a great spare car for my mom or something.
Then one day I was at a thrift store looking for vintage boomboxes when I saw a pretty clean looking 1985 Chevy El Camino with a 4.3L fuel injected
V6. Being it was already fuel injected it saved a lot of time and hastle for the fuel system. This is the final Hybrid car. I purchased it for only $975 and it too was currently registered and passed smog on the first go. It actually barely passed though. The cruck is in need of some detailing attention since it has been sitting for a couple of years. I actually drove it around for a few months before we pulled the drivetrain and sold it on craigslist. Well that's about it for now. I will let the pics do the rest of the explaining.
Pic of my 86 T-type just before I purchased it.
Pic of motor in T-type before removal
Pic of LC2 removal from T-type aka Desert Storm
Ready for tear down
Dirty and stripped
Dirty and stripped 2
So fresh so clean clean
So fresh so clean clean 2
Bottom end before
Bottom end after
My car started off as a 1986 Buick Regal T-type until some a$$hole stole it and it was recovered totalled 2 months later. I was able to settle with my insurance and purchase the wrecked car back since the drivetrain was fully intact and unharmed by the damage. I actually drove around with it all f'd up for a bit. Than after figuring out it would cost well over $10,000 to repair the body and frame damage I decided to do a swap.
One day I went to a local tow yard and drove away with a running driving currently registered 86 Buick Regal with a V8. The car even passed smog! This was a V8 car and of course had a mechanical fuel pump and smaller fuel lines thank the SFI turbo V6. I picked up this car for $450 and the only real problem is that reverse was hurt. I even loaned the to my late friend to commute to the Bay Area from Modesto when his only driver broke down for a few weeks and it was totally trouble free. A little old lady backed into this car after I just had a tire replaced before I was going to go to Santa Cruz and put a nice dent in the rear quarter panel! She also ran but since she had just got service done at Walmart they had all of her info and a tech witnessed the whole thing. The police paid her a visit and her insurance gave me a check for $700! That car rotted away while building the engine. There were just too many things going against it so I turfed it. It would've made a great spare car for my mom or something.
Then one day I was at a thrift store looking for vintage boomboxes when I saw a pretty clean looking 1985 Chevy El Camino with a 4.3L fuel injected
V6. Being it was already fuel injected it saved a lot of time and hastle for the fuel system. This is the final Hybrid car. I purchased it for only $975 and it too was currently registered and passed smog on the first go. It actually barely passed though. The cruck is in need of some detailing attention since it has been sitting for a couple of years. I actually drove it around for a few months before we pulled the drivetrain and sold it on craigslist. Well that's about it for now. I will let the pics do the rest of the explaining.
Pic of my 86 T-type just before I purchased it.
Pic of motor in T-type before removal
Pic of LC2 removal from T-type aka Desert Storm
Ready for tear down
Dirty and stripped
Dirty and stripped 2
So fresh so clean clean
So fresh so clean clean 2
Bottom end before
Bottom end after
thats fuct up someone stole your baby.... the original color/car looks awesome. I gotta a friend in the local club that has the same color.
