Hybrid build!!!! My new 1983 Regal Estate Wagon

[SCOOBY DOO]

Subscribed!

 

[Turbo V6 231]

subscribed, looking real good

 

[etriebe]

Some more progress thanks to Mitchell and Cameron for getting off the couch!!

 

[etriebe]

Also ordered some SPC upper and lower control arms

What front springs would you guys suggest, I was going to order the Kirban ones but it says they are 20% stiffer and I still need it to ride like a Buick.

 

[jdpolzin]

Moog 5658's!

 

[etriebe]

Oops ordered the wrong ones, I was impatient and ordered moog 5598's


About this item

Use on General Motors products from 1978 - 1992
Spring size: Inside Diameter 4.09", Bar Diameter .671", Installed Height 11"
Load rating: 1680 lbs.

 

[etriebe]

These are the 5658's



Use on General Motors products from 1982 - 1993
Spring size: Inside Diameter 4.08", Bar Diameter.718", Installed Height 10.75"
Load rating: 1538 lbs.

 

[etriebe]

This is what I did today

Going to hose off all the debris tomorrow and throw down some paint!!!!

 

[jdpolzin]

Looking great! Those springs should work fine.

 

[etriebe]

Got it all painted and started installing stuff. Just cruising right along

Got a jeep steering shaft

And a precision front mount installed

Can't even tell it's there

 

[dwall]

This is gonna be good!

Yea I know it is already. Perfect.

 

["More Boost"]

that is literally a "grocery getter" lol

 

[vador1]

Dang my next family car lol good work

 

[etriebe]

Thanks everyone for the encouraging words!!

Got a bit more done this weekend.

 

[etriebe]

 

[etriebe]

Got a chance to do some more stuff like all the steering back on with a manual steering gear and a jeep steering shaft, Koni drag shocks, sway bar back on along with kirban front frame braces!!!

 

[V6sleeper]

Really nice stuff, cant wait to the finished product

 

[6APPEAL]

sub'd

 

[dwall]

Maybe be on the lookout for a little WTF appeal? I have seen one of these wagons with a turbo hood - if I had to guess ... maybe it came off an early Turbo Regal - 78 to 80?

 

[Mark T-TB]

Looks great!