3800 HK's Turbo Regal update for 2027 season

[Turbocharged400sbc]

she's gonna be a dyno queen and a half mile car..... (looks immaculate from half a mile away)

 

[Mook]

So its never gonna see the road, ok.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

put it out to pasture, well my backyard maybe, give earl the squirrel a new home

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

I will say this much, if it breaks something yet again, im actually 50/50 on it being the motor. this thing has ran for a helluva long time with constant low oil pressure, sounds like a clattering diesel yet it still hasent died...yet\

if it dies im stocked with 2 good early L32's

it'll be driven. i have my 80e mockup case ready with most of the brackets made. i just wanna drive the cressy and my 68 someday, but the TR's provenance means it should be kept as she is for posterity...and so that she can be registered as a fucking CLASSIC car in 4 more years.

 

[10sec]

They all run on low oil pressure, that's what keeps them together.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

i thought yew and the argone lab crew figured out that was zipties? or was it that yall proved the big bang was just a 3800 engine fire in another universe?

 

[10sec]

100% 3800 engine fire BUT zip ties are what held it together beforehand.

 

[GTPpower]

Get some 15" slicks and you don't have to worry about spinning tires at 105 mph anymore.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Fooled around with the alignment a little more.
Little more time and it'll pass emissions and have valid plates.

The GXP's quick-ratio steering rack is awesome I can finally shorten the happy button cord that wraps around the steering column

For now I'm going to let Mother Nature wash it. The beach towel is on order from Amazon and should be here Tuesday

I had to get the comp G in the garage so I can slap some repairs on it

 

[10sec]

Progress is progress. I have nothing to say other than

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

O0ops

 

[Mook]

Well hey, theres always 2025.

 

[GTPpower]

Leaking horsepower?

 

[The Broken Regal]

 

[TommyGloves]

Prolly need a new lube dam

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Oh that? You don't need to worry about that.

The fluid on the driveway is the normal marking of territory of the comp G and the Park Avenue lot lizard

 

[The Broken Regal]

*not pictured the soon to be rusted out 04 that was parked there for years*

The TR didn't leak a drop in the garage for 3 years

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

I'd fix the power steering leaks but I have gallons of used trans fluid so I just top em off

 

[TommyGloves]

The TR didn't leak a drop in the garage for 3 years

The seals and gaskets musta atrophied

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

 

[v6buicks]

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THAT'S PROOF! IT WENT SOMEWHERE!! ?

 

[jbigalow]

dannggggg

 

[SleeperLS]

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

18$ at coinop

Drying it off with the new beach towel now