Racing the NA Regal GS

**BillBoost37** · 08-21-2014

You guys know that I'm an instigator and enjoy 100% throttle. Being NA has it's advantages, I can do that quite a bit w/o ever getting in trouble. Somehow I doubt the cops feel hitting 5mph is much of an accomplishment.

Last night I was heading in the same direction as a good friend. We end up next to each other and somehow throttles hit the carpet. Me... my poor neutered GS (NA) and him 06 GTP with cam, headers etc.

You know I had no chance, I knew I had no chance, he knew I had no chance.............. it was still fun.

It wasn't but a moment later that the Regal was grinning.

Victory in hurting another GP

He got towed home, I drove the slow car home.

Never mess with a Regal, ya might blow out a coolant elbow!

**Below Average Joe** · 08-21-2014

I'll race you in the Cavy. We'll need a sun dial to time us........

**dsmuts** · 08-21-2014

Didn't fix it on the side of the road?

**BillBoost37** · 08-21-2014

Nah.. we had beer waiting. Beer trumps a 10 min coolant elbow.

**Below Average Joe** · 08-21-2014

Priorities.....You have them straight.

**buickman104** · 08-26-2014

Damn Bill, your car is evil!!!:-)

**Dtrick22** · 08-26-2014

"pull over you're spraying coolant everywhere!!!!"

**BillBoost37** · 08-26-2014

Was wondering when you were going to find this... lol

**Below Average Joe** · 08-26-2014

This is fun

**BillBoost37** · 08-26-2014

It'll get better when he tells me how dirty my car is, cause I'm blaming his car for covering mine in coolant.

**Below Average Joe** · 08-26-2014

he should wash yours then......

**Russosaur** · 08-26-2014

Hooray for N/A!

Sent from the Milky Way

**HighOctaneRacing** · 08-26-2014

Thanks Eric and Bill. You could've invited Sam and I you bastards lol

**BillBoost37** · 08-27-2014

We were cruisin north after working in Enfield. However.. I would have beat your car down and Samm would have decimated Erich. When you know the outcome.. why race?

**HighOctaneRacing** · 08-27-2014

I'll race you just for the hell of it. N/A vs N/A lol. I'm gonna guess that you obviously have a tune and maybe an HV3 with rockers.

**Grimsin** · 08-27-2014

I'd like to know hus mods also lol, if he has any

**BillBoost37** · 08-27-2014

If he has any mods...lol.... maybe one or two, depending on how you were categorizing mods

**BillBoost37** · 08-27-2014

My mods: Bought the car at 160K, currently at 246K. Assume all parts have 86K unless denoted differently.

Engine:
2007 Lucerne L26 pulled from the donor at 50K miles (I've added 40K to that)
TB adapter (from last motor)
L67 TB (from last motor)
L67 injectors (from last motor)
Plog
L36 fuel rail (Sven picked it up on his way the day after I swapped)
ZZP wire from alt to relay center
3" DP with HF cat into stock GTP catback
Open cone K&N (Looking to go back to stock airbox for noise reduction)
That is literally it for the mods on the motor. Not a gasket or anything was swapped when it was dropped in, not even an injector o-ring.

Trans: (originally redone from Bonneville parts for the GS while it was SC) Put in at 186K miles, I've put almost 60K on it.
CP/VB done by Dave at TEP for the Bonneville's power level
Clutches are off the shelf local supplier clearanced to reasonable specs
Hardened 4th clutch hub
2.93 gear ratio
Aluminum finned pan (cause Max gave it to me)
Welded ISS reluctor wheel. (I'm Bill..that crap was never going to be an issue again )
Beyond the magic put into the VB/CP by Dave, that's all that's really special about it.

Suspension: This is gonna be a long list
F Body calipers up front
R1 Concepts slotted rotors and pads
HS Motorsports rear lateral arms, drag arms and toe links
04 GP rear knuckles and calipers (cause wheel bearings on 97-03 suck)
SS brake line hoses front and rear
Aluminum front cradle (it was $50 or some nonsense like that)
Fresh control arms
GMPP sway bars with urethane bushings
Urethane front end links
Moog rear end links
GR2 Struts
Vogtland springs
Monroe strut mounts
Lucerne Super 18" rims
Bridgestone Potenza RE970AS PP tires
Front and rear stock GM STB's

Misc:
Turn signal mirrors
Puddle lights (burned out, haven't replaced ..have the parts)
Projector headlights a buddy made
BMW rear trunk lid lip spoiler (painted by Demonte)
New AC compressor this spring
Used PS pump about to go in
Missing one fog for the last 3 years

Interior:
GP heated elements in the seats (seats didn't have heat in them)
Stock heated switches
DVD touchscreen HU
Backup camera
Boston acoustics speakers/tweeters and sub
Knu wiring
Boston 5 channel amp
HD radio kit as well
Tint 35% all around
Crapton of sound deadening (second skin audio)
Sludge (sound deadening in doors and trunk lid (second skin)
removed monsoon amp and much of it's wiring
Homelink mirror (autodim and compass as well)
HUD
Aeroforce

As you can read.. a lot of weight was added. Is the car tuned you ask.. well .. can't run the L26 on an L67 tune. So kind of. I setup a basic file to have it run, raised shift points for the lesser power motor slightly. Beyond that I have the same trans tune that Scotty recently fell in love with in it. Currently I'm getting 23% LTFT's and need to consider tuning for that. Ask any locals as much as you'd like.... I really haven't done much to the car since putting it together.

On the shelf is a set of springs, retainers and ER rockers. Doubt I'll bother to put them in. There's no time and I have no caring to do the work.