my build...5.3/t56 into a regal...

started with a 5.3 since they were a lot cheaper than the ls1 or 6.0...



i gutted the regal and yanked the front clip to make it easier to clean the frame for the welding i would end up doing...



oil pan measurement after welding in the mounting pads..


mounting pads for height adjustment...



with the mounts installed...




ls1 car manifolds fit nicely...




the stock radiator hoses from the truck fit, just ziptied them to the radiator fan bracket i fabbed.....



before i installed the hoses...


amazing what a few feet of bar stock and a welder can make after a couple hours..



had to cut the hood support to clear the intake....




and a torque strap i fabbed keeps it from smacking the hood.



it hit anyways, so i ground the alternator a little...




the trans xmember if frm a lincoln town car....double humps, just a couple inches wider so i cut the ends and drilled my own holes on the drivers side since the pass side lined up. a stock th350 tans mount works to keep it tight..




i fabbed a set of brackets to bolt to the truck block and adapt them to the clamshell style mounts i used off a v8 g-body....the only other custom parts involved was the lokar throttle cable.

i've got nearly 1000 photo's of the build....i'll post more tomorrow and as i get them uploaded...

engine pics....





and the stock power steering hose works....





and the underside is as nice as the top....





i made the cross brace to add to the F41 bars....1 1/4 front swaybar from helwig....i'm planning on the upper bracing this winter while it sleeps(it will never see rain or snow unless it's an emergency, i spent 6 months replacing the roof and floors due to rust...)

if the weather cooperates this weekend, i'll get some shots of the finished product(interior, paint, engine bay and trunk) for you to drool over.

Roller406Bu said:

buhack said:

if the weather cooperates this weekend, i'll get some shots of the finished product(interior, paint, engine bay and trunk) for you to drool over.

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don't get cocky..

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not being cocky...just enjoying the compliments....it's been a long 20 months building it, and i still need to finish a couple things....



anyway.....here's the pics i promised.





the stripes flip from dark on light to light on dark depending on where you stand.....and at a couple angles the disappear completely....









the engine bay....i plan on hiding the wiring and moving the ecm/fusebox inside later.





the interior....custom speaker pods on the doors, i'm still missing the kickpanels and haven't done the heater controls yet and a few other things, but winter is coming....i'll finish it then.







custom dash with led's for the turn/bright/check engine light indicators...and the toggle for the lineloc....and the grant no wheel/no steal system, adding the alarm will be another winter project.



and the trunk looks good too....15" subwoofer, swiss audio amp....i may be switching to 12" subs so i can put the t-tops in the trunk.





the winter projects will be finishing what little wiring there is left, relocating the ecm, alarm, buffing out the paint....the hood still shows hail damage, so i'll be replacing it in a year or two with a fiberglass one and fixing the clearcoat on the header panel....