benoitthegr8
Sociopathic TR Ownership
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I really wasn't sure where to stick this thread at, but I figured maybe I can generate some local interest which would be inline with trying to schedule a TR get together in the Fayetteville area for when the weather breaks. As a military guy I've spent allot of time deployed the past few years followed by a 3 year stint in Japan, this has severely hampered plans to finish my car. As of now, I'm back at Fort Bragg and have the time and energy to get my car running, on the road and hopefully completely gone through over the next year or so. While this will be nothing close to a total body off restoration as the car is not in half bad condition, it will require a bit of mechanical work and to also body/interior attention. I purchased this car with the intent to give it lots of love and attention, I believe these unique specimens of engineering deserve to be treated as one would treat a Corvette, Viper, or an exotic. This car was purchased in running condition but had some major short comings in the build. The car had been moderately modified in some areas, the motor had been gone through and freshened up, yet the bottom end remained untouched. This perplexed me as the motor had champion ported iron heads and match ported intake with roller cam and a 6252 turbo installed. I would have figured billet center caps would be considered at a minimum, however I was told by the owner was his tuner was good enough that detonation was never a concern of his.....
The car was purchased in 2008 with 82,000 original miles, the seller was asking $12,000 for the car, he came down to $10,000 a week before I purchased and I took the car home for $8500. I thought this was a fair price especially considering at the time we were in a recession and not too long after the housing market crashed. I knew the car needed some work, also considering I had a spare drive train, it seemed like something that I could accomplish in a reasonable amount of time. Shortly after purchasing the car I deployed for 10 months, was back for 5 months and then deployed for another 10. While I was on the second deployment I ended up coming down on orders to go to Japan in early 2012. I knew the timeline was not to my advantage and tried to get the car running and tuned at a minimum, this was not the case and the car went into mothballs and had remained untouched for nearly 3 years. Fast forward to 2015 and here we are, my spare motor is at Richards Clarke's shop getting gone through. The build will consist of eagle crank, TRW pistons, stock 2 dot rods, ARP fasteners, girdled, roller 210/210 cam, topped with champion ported iron heads and match ported intake, accufab 70mm TB/plenum, the car has PTE stretch SLIC, CPT6566BB turbo, 80lb injectors, ATR DP and 2 1/2" dual exhaust, Aeromotive stealth 340 fuel pump/hotwired, Julio's Alky, FAST XFI, Art Carr trans, 9" 3200 stall N/L converter, Eaton posi-trac, H&R parts sway bar, control arms, ect, ect.
I've always just want a good street/strip rod, this is my 5th Turbo Regal and I'd never had the assets to build a car that was fast enough, now I do. Here are some pics, the paint is actually good, but the dust from sitting years makes it look like a 20 year old barn find...lol. The car does need the interior replaced, no worries and I'm trying to decide what direction to go with that (leather or original). I have always loved those Grey turbo T's and really want this one to be a unique and respected head turner with, comfort, luxury, and excessive power, not necessarily in that order.
Edit, I'm headed to RC's shop this Friday March 6th to drop off some parts and maybe get some motor work done that's within my limited mechanical skill set, with some adult supervision from Richard of course, lol....
The car was purchased in 2008 with 82,000 original miles, the seller was asking $12,000 for the car, he came down to $10,000 a week before I purchased and I took the car home for $8500. I thought this was a fair price especially considering at the time we were in a recession and not too long after the housing market crashed. I knew the car needed some work, also considering I had a spare drive train, it seemed like something that I could accomplish in a reasonable amount of time. Shortly after purchasing the car I deployed for 10 months, was back for 5 months and then deployed for another 10. While I was on the second deployment I ended up coming down on orders to go to Japan in early 2012. I knew the timeline was not to my advantage and tried to get the car running and tuned at a minimum, this was not the case and the car went into mothballs and had remained untouched for nearly 3 years. Fast forward to 2015 and here we are, my spare motor is at Richards Clarke's shop getting gone through. The build will consist of eagle crank, TRW pistons, stock 2 dot rods, ARP fasteners, girdled, roller 210/210 cam, topped with champion ported iron heads and match ported intake, accufab 70mm TB/plenum, the car has PTE stretch SLIC, CPT6566BB turbo, 80lb injectors, ATR DP and 2 1/2" dual exhaust, Aeromotive stealth 340 fuel pump/hotwired, Julio's Alky, FAST XFI, Art Carr trans, 9" 3200 stall N/L converter, Eaton posi-trac, H&R parts sway bar, control arms, ect, ect.
I've always just want a good street/strip rod, this is my 5th Turbo Regal and I'd never had the assets to build a car that was fast enough, now I do. Here are some pics, the paint is actually good, but the dust from sitting years makes it look like a 20 year old barn find...lol. The car does need the interior replaced, no worries and I'm trying to decide what direction to go with that (leather or original). I have always loved those Grey turbo T's and really want this one to be a unique and respected head turner with, comfort, luxury, and excessive power, not necessarily in that order.
Edit, I'm headed to RC's shop this Friday March 6th to drop off some parts and maybe get some motor work done that's within my limited mechanical skill set, with some adult supervision from Richard of course, lol....
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I hope to be there.
I haven't even been to the track this year.
