Hey guys, I finally picked up a chassis so I can start working on installing all the parts I have sitting around. It will take awhile to put together but Ill keep ya updated.

Here are a couple pics of the car I just picked up sunday




Kinda missing something at the moment, but that will soon change


Main motor and spare motor for it


I dont have a picture of it, but there is a little snail going along with the motor too]:->

they look like LS1s



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99redz24 wrote:they look like LS1s

Thats what i thought at first, but the intake manifolds and throttle bodies are all wrong.

5.3L Vortecs?


"Project 69'"
1969 Chevrolet C/10, 1/2 ton, 2wd
-Boosted LS1?
-Richmond ROD 6-speed(will get sometime)
-Posi 12-bolt(built w/eaton posi unit and richmond 3.73 gears)
-Disc brake and 5 lug swap
+little extras

Yeah, they are both 5.3's, except the main motor has z06 heads, z06 cam and a f-body oil pan. So more or less its a ls1 with fewer cubic inches, These are just the motors for this year though, I plan on turning up the boost on the first one till it pops then throw the spare one in for the rest of the year., My buddy (Mythod) is going to build me a 408 stroker motor for next year

It would be nice to have a turbo 3.8 in it, matches the history of the car a bit more



1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85

But it IS just a Regal. He isn't molesting a GN and putting a V8 in it. I say build that big powerful turbo'ed V8 and don't look back. He should be worried about the history of the car with the 3.8 turbo if it were an actual Grand National.


On the other hand....you have other fingers.

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JLAudioCavalier wrote:But it IS just a Regal. He isn't molesting a GN and putting a V8 in it. I say build that big powerful turbo'ed V8 and don't look back. He should be worried about the history of the car with the 3.8 turbo if it were an actual Grand National.

this is true!

nice project. just turbo that V8 and you have a killer



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funny seeing one of those not on 24's.

Rodimus Prime wrote:It would be nice to have a turbo 3.8 in it, matches the history of the car a bit more

I would agree with you if this was originally a Grand National, but this was just a limited v8 edition regal, so in a way I am matching the history of the car. The only thing im doing is putting a turbo v8 instead of the near dead one that was in there.

Here is what I want the car to somewhat look like, I want to take the vinyl top off, take all the chrome off and get a t-type hood for it. More or less make it a T-type replica instead of a Grand National replica

Heres a pic of what the turbo setup will look like, Except I haven't decided if I want the crossover pipe in front like in the pic, or if Im going to route it back by the bellhousing of the transmission, just like the factory y pipe was routed

Heres a pic of the z06 heads with prc valve springs along with the new heavy duty ls2 timing chain and gears

those cars are awesome when they are all fixed up, there is a show on NBC called Life which is awesome by the way but the main character on the show drives an awesome 1987 Regal with a (WE2) Grand National option package.

It looks and sounds awesome.

pins 07cruiser wrote:those cars are awesome when they are all fixed up, there is a show on NBC called Life which is awesome by the way but the main character on the show drives an awesome 1987 Regal with a (WE2) Grand National option package.

It looks and sounds awesome.

I just started watching that show, its a pretty good show

Any more updates since you have my money to throw into the build? hahahahaha