2 axle seals at 60ea. and you'll double your investment. Sounds like something I would do.
Get the Buick going; fall is here and cold air makes horsepower. Let's go smoke some tires!
My Ford Truck Project (And Other Projects)
- Thread starter joesregalproject
- Start date
- Status
Get the Buick going; fall is here and cold air makes horsepower. Let's go smoke some tires!
I'm susceptible to 'the wants' too. Nothing wrong with picking up parts when a deal comes your way. But spring isn't all that far off and the Regal really wants to get out next year.
I agree. I think I'm just going to stay in parts collecting mode for a little while on truck. I don't want to take anything apart until I have everything to replace it here and ready to go.
Well, it's your stuff so go at it if that's what you want.Undiagnosed ADHD
The stock axle is overkill already. Swapping to the 10.25 will reward you with increased unsprung weight, more rotational mass, and reduced fuel mileage. You could however bend that truck into a U around it and not worry about it being the weak link.
Joe, you're like me. You have a hard time switching projects once you get going on one.
I agree with you, the problem really comes down to me trying to find things to do because I'm in a mood to work on it. I do want to swap the 5.0L/M5OD out for a 5.8L/ZF5. Reason for that is the 5.0L is a dog and the M5OD is geared weird and weak. 5.8s are cheap, but ZF5s aren't, especially the small block pattern ZF5, so I don't know if I want to get into that just yet.
Exactly. I get really into one and abandon the other, and if I try working on both at the same time nothing gets done to either one. Honestly I find it hard to keep interested in more than one at a time. I'm trying to get back into the Regal by gathering and buying parts for it, but I have yet to actually start working on it. Honestly I probably need to spend a week just going over the car itself and figuring out where the hell I left off and take an inventory of everything I have and everything I still need.
Well they salted the roads last night which means end of the season for the truck. I'm going out of town tomorrow and I'll be gone until Monday AM but I'll probably pull the battery out of it next week, bring it inside and put on the tender.
I was going to take it and have it fluid filmed again but it's still got a pretty good coat on it from last year and I don't want to take it out on the roads with salt on them. I'll buy a couple spray cans and hit some spots but that's all it's getting for 2019.
I was going to take it and have it fluid filmed again but it's still got a pretty good coat on it from last year and I don't want to take it out on the roads with salt on them. I'll buy a couple spray cans and hit some spots but that's all it's getting for 2019.
Don't you mean it's the START of truck season? What the heck do you drive in the salt and snow? I like 4wd and big tires having the ability to pull my dumbass out of the ditch....
- Status
