Haha, I should have known, true Turbo Regal fans here
But to be honest I'm more into pre-78 American cars. You know, before the downsizing. And I really don't need to have 3 cars hehe. Don't want to sound mean either, I think the late 70's en early 80's Regals are neat cars (and boy, did they look good on the NASCAR track! not to mention succesful too). But like I said, I'm more in the older big boats, and I'll stick with my '75 Century for now, and my '74 Monte Carlo project car. I don't have space for 3 cars really.
I just want some more power for my heavy Century. And since Holland is one of the most expensive countries in the world when it comes to gas (we pay about 3 times as much as you guys in America, for the same amount of gas. I sh*t you not!), I like sticking with a V6 because of the better mileage. And it's something different too, it's ususally a V8. And a Turbo would be even cooler of course.
If I would buy this car (I say if, not at all sure as of now, haven't even contact the owner yet), I will defenetly not just ditch the Regal. Or let it sit and rot away. These are neat cars, and this one is still looking decent enough to be safed. Actually I was thinking of getting it repainted (white) and put some nice wheels on it (Centerline Auto Drag or AR Outlaws I, that kind of style, with white letter tires). Seen pictures of such a combo on Car Domain, looks really sweet! Drop in the non-turbo 231 oddfire, give it a good tune-up and just own it for a while and drive it, enjoying it. The new paint and wheels will be great for the looks, and therefor good when it comes to selling it again.
I work at a big truck service station. Besides the normal service area we also have a paint and body shop (we paint them in company colors, and/or fix damage to trucks and trailers) and we have an engine rebuild shop. So, it would be easy and fairly cheap to get some stuff done at work. Got all the tools and equipment.
Anyway, I can see why you guys would like to see this original Turbo equiped Regal safed. I'm not sure what I'm going to do right now. I don't even know what exactly the deal is with that engine (or the rest of the car for that matter, only seen the pics). I already have a nice 'power recipe' for my odd-fire V6. Already figured all that stuff out and got the right partnumbers (how much milling, porting heads, other cam, going from 2 to 4 barrel, installing bigger valves etc). But that would take a lot of time and money too. I was thinking I would already have a power advantage over the normal 231 with a Turbo equiped one. And pretty much use that recipe on a Turbo 231. That would make it fairly easy to leave some rubber behind on the asphalt wouldn't it
Turbo 231's aren't exactly easy to find overhere. I came across this Regal by accident, somehow just can't let it sit there...(checked the license, turns out it hasn't been registered since 2003, it's been sitting for 5 years already!)