BUILD THREAD JRP's '87 Regal Thread

[MrSony]

I got a little more done on the car last night. I pulled the old speedometer cable out as well as the old throttle cable. They aren't bad, but removing them allows better access to the firewall and they are cheap parts to replace so I'll get new ones. Is there any reason not to replace the two piece speedo cable with a one piece cable? Getting the two piece one out was a b*tch because the threaded ends were too big to really fit between the body and the frame and that made it hard to slide it out. I had to crush the end of the cable to get it out. That wouldn't be an issue with a one piece since the speedometer end isn't as fat as the threaded transmission end. I'm still deciding what to do with the vapor line. I'm leaning towards capping it off and putting a vented fuel cap on. It's just less work and less money. I can always add it back in later. While I was under the car pulling the speedo cable out, I saw that one of my fuel lines is pinched between the body and frame. It doesn't appear crushed, but I can't pull it out. I'm gonna have to remove the nearest body bolt, lift up the body a bit, and pull the line out and reshape it so it's not getting pinched. And as careful as I am, I keep finding a chip here or there in the paint. It's bound to happen when you are reassembling a freshly painted I guess. I'll get over it eventually.

Should get a few touch up cans made if you still have the recipie.

 

[MrSony]

Are your body bushings original? I'd replace em now and run new lines where needed while you have access.

 

[joesregalproject]

Should get a few touch up cans made if you still have the recipie.

I have about a pint leftover to use as touch up. I can always buy more if I need to. I'll admit I can be a little dramatic when it comes to paint.

My body bushings are new, I have the Energy Suspension polyurethane ones.

 

[joesregalproject]

It's been a lot colder the past few days so I haven't been working in the garage but I've got some parts updates. I got my windage tray in the mail, it looks good.

Also in more exciting news, I got a TA intake! I got a very good deal on it from an awesome member over on V8Buick who lives in Alaska! So it's in the mail, I should be getting it soon.

 

[MrSony]

It's been a lot colder the past few days so I haven't been working in the garage but I've got some parts updates. I got my windage tray in the mail, it looks good.

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Also in more exciting news, I got a TA intake! I got a very good deal on it from an awesome member over on V8Buick who lives in Alaska! So it's in the mail, I should be getting it soon.

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Awesome! 😀
lol my intake came with a single bolt too, guess they didn't want to take the heater nipple out either. Tip: where the gauge sender fitting is is a good place for a factory style sender. wire reaches, or should at least. gm left more than enough wire on most things (you'll have to extend the HEI hot wire) for some reason. just gotta keep the starter wires away from the manifold, and you're good.

 

[Texas82GP]

That's a nice looking intake. Are you going to run a hot air choke? They are hard to beat when they work right.

 

[MrSony]

That's a nice looking intake. Are you going to run a hot air choke? They are hard to beat when they work right.

Hard to run a hot air choke with no provision on the intake for it 😛

 

[Texas82GP]

Hard to run a hot air choke with no provision on the intake for it 😛

That's not a place for a hot air choke? What is it? EGR block off? Why is there a hole in it?

 

[DRIVEN]

Looks like it's for one of those bimetallic coil chokes to me. Late 60s vintage.

 

[joesregalproject]

That's a nice looking intake. Are you going to run a hot air choke? They are hard to beat when they work right.

Thanks Jared! They run close to $500 new once you include shipping and they aren't easy to find secondhand (MrSony can attest to that), so I was really glad I came across this one.

I'll be running an electric choke, I already have the wiring for it. Also I had the heated choke passages in the heads threaded and plugged with pipe plugs to keep heat out of the intake. I'm not driving this during the cold weather, and it'll keep the intake charge cooler... At least in theory.