Hello all,
I guess this will be my build thread for my 82 Buick Regal. It's still a huge work in progress but I just got the motor I rebuild (2nd ever!) in it and took it for it's first drive today!
Bought it off a guy on craigslist because I needed a project since I'd recently sold my last project a C1500 that I'd rebuilt the engine in and didn't feel like doing the body work on. The guy was selling it because the engine wouldn't run, said the thought it'd broken the timing chain, but when he took the timing cover off the chain was still good and he didn't want to screw with it anymore. I've been a Gbody fan all my life and have owned 8 or 9 Gbodies and a couple of ABodies since I've been driving. Haven't had one since about 95 so when I saw this thing on craigslist I jumped on it. Getting this thing back in fighting shape is going to take lots of time and a WHOLE bunch of money but I'm having fun so who cares.
Here she is the morning after being delivered to the house! The Daytons are definitely coming off, not diggin the 13 in wheels.
Here is the old 305 someone had swapped in it, lucky for me the motor mounts and transmission (TH350) were already in there so it made throwing my SBC 350 in it easy. When I tore it down I found several nuts (as in squirrels eat them), a petrified grasshopper and lots of water and oil mixed in the oil pan! At least I got an Edelbrock Performer RPM and some pretty Chrome valve covers with the junk engine.
So I had a rebuildable 350 from my previous truck project so I took all my parts to the machine shop and had everything cleaned up. Ordered a rering kit from Northern Auto Parts and some goodies from Summit (cam, lifters, oil pump etc etc) and started building the 350.
Here is my box of goodies I got from Summit Racing!
Probably should have cleaned up the engine bay before I dropped the engine in but I was too excited to get it in there after I finished rebuilding it.
Here are some pics of the new motor in the car (before it got completely dirty hooking everything up.
I have to say, those engine lift plates are worth their weight in gold if you've ever jacked around trying to drop an engine with a chain. We literally came off the back of my friends truck bolted on the flexplate and motor mounts and had it in and bolted to the chassis in 30 minutes with that plate.
Decided to convert to a serpentine setup instead of using the old Vbelt setup that came with the car. A couple of trips to Pull a Part and Express U pull and I had all the mounts, Alternator, Power steering pump and a good used Serp belt. I decided to buy an A/C delete pulley from Advance instead of mounting an unworking A/C compressor.
Here is a pic of the old girl on her maiden voyage today....to the gas station of course!
Thanks for looking and any comments or suggestions are appreciated.
I guess this will be my build thread for my 82 Buick Regal. It's still a huge work in progress but I just got the motor I rebuild (2nd ever!) in it and took it for it's first drive today!
Bought it off a guy on craigslist because I needed a project since I'd recently sold my last project a C1500 that I'd rebuilt the engine in and didn't feel like doing the body work on. The guy was selling it because the engine wouldn't run, said the thought it'd broken the timing chain, but when he took the timing cover off the chain was still good and he didn't want to screw with it anymore. I've been a Gbody fan all my life and have owned 8 or 9 Gbodies and a couple of ABodies since I've been driving. Haven't had one since about 95 so when I saw this thing on craigslist I jumped on it. Getting this thing back in fighting shape is going to take lots of time and a WHOLE bunch of money but I'm having fun so who cares.
Here she is the morning after being delivered to the house! The Daytons are definitely coming off, not diggin the 13 in wheels.
Here is the old 305 someone had swapped in it, lucky for me the motor mounts and transmission (TH350) were already in there so it made throwing my SBC 350 in it easy. When I tore it down I found several nuts (as in squirrels eat them), a petrified grasshopper and lots of water and oil mixed in the oil pan! At least I got an Edelbrock Performer RPM and some pretty Chrome valve covers with the junk engine.
So I had a rebuildable 350 from my previous truck project so I took all my parts to the machine shop and had everything cleaned up. Ordered a rering kit from Northern Auto Parts and some goodies from Summit (cam, lifters, oil pump etc etc) and started building the 350.
Here is my box of goodies I got from Summit Racing!
Probably should have cleaned up the engine bay before I dropped the engine in but I was too excited to get it in there after I finished rebuilding it.
Here are some pics of the new motor in the car (before it got completely dirty hooking everything up.
I have to say, those engine lift plates are worth their weight in gold if you've ever jacked around trying to drop an engine with a chain. We literally came off the back of my friends truck bolted on the flexplate and motor mounts and had it in and bolted to the chassis in 30 minutes with that plate.
Decided to convert to a serpentine setup instead of using the old Vbelt setup that came with the car. A couple of trips to Pull a Part and Express U pull and I had all the mounts, Alternator, Power steering pump and a good used Serp belt. I decided to buy an A/C delete pulley from Advance instead of mounting an unworking A/C compressor.
Here is a pic of the old girl on her maiden voyage today....to the gas station of course!
Thanks for looking and any comments or suggestions are appreciated.
