Recent content by MrSony

Regal runs, makes good oil pressure. Room temp 10w30 cold idle is over 80, might turn the regulator down... Real test is hot highway pressure I've been siphoning the gas from it as it had a full tank when I pulled the drivetrain, but called it quits when i couldn't find my ****in funnel. Too...

Got the annoying bolts on the headers tight, motor mount bolts tight, copper transmission lines in (temporarily permanent), radiator in, rad hoses on, etc etc etc. it will hopefully be up and running tonight (saturday).

81-87 regal coupe bumpers are all the same, so that should expand your search.

I'd say so. 12 weeks tomorrow.

Bolted the engine and trans in, got the driveshaft in, and the headers in, with help from the soon to be wife.

Welded the dipstick tube back together. It's a two piece but the bottom has a pressed on section that broke off. Buick 350 dipsticks and tubes are hard to come by and even the ones TA performance sells aren't quite bent right and aren't accurate.

Popped the distributor in and assembled the oil pump. Took the balance line off one more time to clean and blow out any debris and reinstalled it.

Finished the oil balance line. Mediocre harbor freight tubing bender fought me quite a bit. It isn't touching the starter, I may tweak the line a bit to make it hug the block more. Goes from the oil pressure switch port back to the passenger oil galley to help feed the rear bottom end.

It was in 2wd when I did it lol

Drove it through a rocker deep mud hole Then cleaned it after the shat on look got old.

You can with some creativity. I cut mine up and is just for cruise now. Granted I have a buick 350.

Cruise servo bracket also holds the throttle and TV cable for the transmission

Tight bends are the bane of my existence.

Didn't do a whole lot this weekend, which I'm still annoyed about. Time and money elude me as of late. Mocked up the balance line while kinking the **** out of it. So it's a mockup line now. And the other holes practice

1/4 NPT x 1-2/20 inverted flare elbow fitting for the rear passenger galley plug for an oil bypass line.