Recent content by diablosnookems

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    DX with Pontiac crank.

    This may sound crazy, but what would stop a person from taking a 3 inch main diesel block and using a 3 inch main 326-350-389-400 Pontiac crank in it with the same shaved down BBC rods used in the Mondello BBO crank equipped diesel and a 1.25 compression height SBC 377 piston after boring to...
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    console withOUT a floor shifter??

    You could also look at the Citation/FWD Omega/etc. I have seen them in the junkyard with buckets/column shift and a console that would look quite good in a G-Body.
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    new to these cars, gauge cluster?

    Any resto outfit can get you carpet for your car. Seats can come from a scrap car, or there are aftermarket seats that will need custom brackets to install (some of the companies have brackets). Keep in mind that depending on what seats your car was built with, you may not be able to install...
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    new to these cars, gauge cluster?

    There are two G-Body Chevy cluster types-the rectangular speedo and the round gauges. Your car could only have the round gauges, although you can physically screw in th rec speedo cluster and hook up your speedo cable. `84-88 Monte and El Camino that had the same options (tach or no tach...
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    buick regal 1979 engine swap

    Does your Regal have a Pontiac 301? The 350 will drop onto those mounts and brackets. Anything larger than a SBC will be tight around the heater box, especially with A/C. Stock exhaust manifolds from the 350 should fit.

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