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Great looking car. Can't wait to see more pictures. Congrats on the find and welcome to the site.
Happy spooling.
Mike Barnard
Happy spooling.
Mike Barnard
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SignUp Now!Get the latest version scanmaster from turbotweak.com. You will be sent the latest version. The latest version can be upgraded with the purchase and install of the powerlogger, which then refreshes 5x a second. Turbotweak is a vendor and well respected. Also get a chip from him. Give mim the details of what is on the engine whether stock or what mods it has. Chips can be ordered through his website as well. Just double check what chip you got. The ecu where the chip is located is in the passenger kickpanel. Its the bigger looking chip.Thanks again for the welcome, guys. I continue to research everything on line that I possibly can. In my first (introduction) post, I mentioned that I could hold a conversation about mechanical stuff. I have now learned I am a complete and utter noob to this car.
As for shipping the car, I've finally made the arrangements. Car is scheduled to be picked up by 3/4, and delivered within 5 or so days after that. Once I have her in hand, I'll take some proper photos and get them on here. One the subject of shipping, a BIG thumbs up to turboc87 for reaching out to me. This guy is a plethora of information, and was a huge factor in helping me make my decision on a shipper. Can't thank him enough.
I've found this thread to be very helpful for a new to Buick Turbo person. (So thanks to the author).
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/threads/info-for-new-turbo-regal-owners.380856/
Question on Scanmasters: Any suggestions on who/where to purchase from and why I should choose one model over the other? I know its easy enough, but real world experience is always appreciated.
Any more news on the car. Did you get it yet?
Is it there? Did it come? Did you get it? Is it here? Where's the car? Did it arrive?The car is being loaded as of 9:30 this morning. ETA in NJ is sometime on Thursday. Finally getting excited to get my hands on this thing!
Yes, its here, lol. Will post up pics tomorrow. And a little story to go along with it!Is it there? Did it come? Did you get it? Is it here? Where's the car? Did it arrive?
Thanks for the info Buddy and Trix.
Couple of questions, Trix - I understand on the RMI, and I took a quick look at their website. Since we are still experiencing some below freezing temps here in NJ, I might need to forgo this for now. (even though the car is garaged). But seems like a good product.
As for the drums, I plan on taking a look at those this weekend. But it brings me back to my original question: from everything that I've read over the last 3 weeks - including earlier posts in this thread - the WE4 only came in black. This car has definitely been maroon since day 1. Does that mean they did make them in colors other than black?
RMI yea is not for now.
And then maybe it was custom order. Does any of the paperwork from the car say anything about it being ordered that way?
Maybe your car is just one of those odd examples of weird things that happened in the factory. There have been occasioms that engines did not match the stamping on the body or vin number but it was still the original engine.
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The frame has the last 6 digits of the vin number on the engine, trans and frame. If you search on this site, you will find the locations of all three. Some cars coming out the factory had them mixed up so some engines had a different vin on them than the car they were being placed into. The quality control was not that strict, very lenient.Thanks Trix. Not sure I follow your comment about "engine not match the stamping on the body"?
Here's some more details. As mentioned in my very first post, I bought this car from a family member (step dad). Contrary to what I said about him buying it in the 90's, he purchased this car new. I have the original "Sale Agreement" in his name, but no window sticker or anything that shows what options were ordered. The sale agreement shows this as a BURG REGAL NEW 1987 and the serial number (which we now call VIN).
I have the title. This is from 2006 when he moved to FL and had to register the car down there - he also changed the title. The title shows the previous state as NJ.
All numbers on the original sale agreement, title, RPO and dash tag match.
I don't know where else to look - on the shroud? And what would that tell me?