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[mebe007]

Re: heres my 1980 regal limited w/ new updates

everything in the engine compartment is either gloss black or polished aluminum with the exception of the red msd stuff. no other colors.

 

[Dennyboy]

Re: heres my 1980 regal limited w/ new updates

ide paint it charcoal.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Re: heres my 1980 regal limited w/ new updates

I would paint it "cast iron coat". Its pretty much charcoal heres mine:

I now have the edelbrock elites with air cleaner but its in the car so I cant get a good pic.

 

[mebe007]

Re: heres my 1980 regal limited w/ new updates

Just another update:

I will be building my motor monday evening after work. all my parts came in except for my piston rings. They are supposed to be here mon so hopefully it will work out. I also took all of my polished aluminum and my intake to get powdercoated clear. so no more polishing or stained intake for me. its really nice having friends in the industry. anyways heres a couple teasers.

more to come. looks great so far.

also im super excited as i am going to pick up a nice muncie tomorrow. its official, Im going 4 speed swap. bellhousing is also on its way. now just to piece the rest of it together.

 

[mebe007]

Re: heres my 1980 regal limited w/ new updates

Well its official. I'm finally a 4 speed man. Picked up my late model m20 today with fine spline input and turbo 400 output. This thing looks mint inside

 

[mebe007]

MEBE007's 80 Regal Build Thread

got to work on the motor tonight. all was well with some bumps in the road. apparently you cant use the nice 12 point stainless arp bolt with the cloyes cover, so we had to grind them down a bit to fit. that was fine. next issue was the powder coater got powder in places he wasnt supposed to. so had to spend some time cleaning it out. lastly was the most upsetting. my heads were ordered with 3/8 studs and tonight we realized they were shipped with 7/16 studs. so now i need new rocker arms.

so anyways we got together everything we could this evening. now just waiting to get new rockers and finish it up. my buddy and i assembled it this evening in the machine shop at which he works.

 

[mebe007]

Re: MEBE007's 80 Regal Build Thread

ok so i am torn on what to do now. Chad Speier said he can send me new rocker studs in 3/8" free of charge and i can use the rockers i have. but would i be better off just selling them and getting 7/16" rockers? also i just got off the line with summit and they will take them back with a 10% restocking fee so this seems like the logical way to go i guess

now another area of concern that i did not think of at all. the heads are d port. how well will that work with the hooker 2451 headers i have and if it wont what will and also fit with the manual clutch linkage?

 

[khan0165]

Re: MEBE007's 80 Regal Build Thread

I have D-ports on my L98 heads, and am using Flowtech headers that are very similar in design to the Hooker 2451s
... they seem to work well without any work

you can try adding material to the flange and then dremel'ing it away?

 

[mebe007]

Re: MEBE007's 80 Regal Build Thread

thats good to know. hopefully they will work. now im waiting on summit to get me my new correct rocker arms. 7/16 stud scorpions. went ahead and stepped up to a 1.6 ratio while i was at it.

 

[mebe007]

Re: MEBE007's 80 Regal Build Thread

Well guys I am back. Life has gotten in the way bigtime. Finally was able to finish up my motor sun evening. So here she is

Now as far as headers go, the gaskets for my hooker 2451 seem to block a good amount of the port. Now I know schoenfield makes a d port that will fit but doesn't clear ac box or the manual clutch linkage. I don't care about the ac box as I have already modified it so I should be fine, but I have to have them work with the manual clutch linkage. I wonder if the hedman huslers will work in the 1 3/4" flavor. Any input would be great