Name's Andrei. 95 Regal Custom

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[XTRevolution]

I'm a little fed up with w-body.com forums right now (I have 4000+ posts there), so I'm thinking a change of pace might be good. The moderators there just don't seem to give a shit what you think regardless of how politely or respectfully you say it.

But this is supposed to be about me, so I'll let the car do the talking.

I drive a 95 Buick Regal Custom. It was my first car, bought it at the age of 16 through hard work and sweat. Paid insurance and repairs for it every year I owned it. It had 61k when I bought it, and now has 213k. Its sitting in my garage after a month and a half of not being driven due to a busted parking pawl rod. I'm dropping the subframe hopefully tomorrow to remove the side cover off the trans and get that mess sorted out.

I've done every bit of work on this car myself, and have a lot invested in the car as far as parts and time. I make sure to keep everything in perfect shape. I live in Illinois (Chicago area), but I bought the car in California, so there is barely any rust on it. There's a lot behind this car in terms of stories, so feel free to ask if you're at all curious.








Mod list:
1.8 Ratio Yella Terra Roller Rockers
3" WAI with 8" K&N filter
L36 Injectors
2.5" Exhaust with Magnaflow muffler + resonator delete
Imperial Transmission Heavy Duty transmission oil cooler (3/4"x10"x15")
Suspension Techniques front lowering springs
Birchmount rear lowered leaf spring
Energy Suspension custom front control arm bushings (first of 3 people to do this mod on w-body.com)
Front 34mm (1.33") Sway Bar with Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings
Rear 22mm (7/8") sway bar with Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings
KYB GR2 shocks (front and rear)
Aweb RSTB
Custom FSTB
Audi A4 17" Sport rims custom machined with Pirelli P6 tires at 235/50/17
180 degree t-stat
PowerStop front Drilled Rotors with Akebono Pro-ACT Ceramic brake pads
R1 Concepts rear zinc coated rotors with Akebono Pro-ACT Ceramic brake pads

8000K HID Kit
Tinted headlight and side marker assemblies (black painted top and bottom reflectors)
Repainted console dash in black
Front leather racing seats with SLP GSX logos
No back seats, suckers!
Niteshade + clear coat rear tail light
Z34 Hood Vents
94 GS front bumper

Car Audio:
Pioneer DEHP3900MP
Directed 1500D 1100W RMS @ 1 ohm
2x Kenwood KAC-7203 340W RMS 2Channel
PolkAudio DB5250 Front/DB690 Rear
Hifonics Olympus 15" 1500W RMS in custom 3.25' cubic box
Q-logic ported bandpass subwoofer enclosure
ED eDead sound dampening
Rockford Fosgate 1 Farad Capacitor
Rockford Fosgate fused power distribution blocks
Tsunami 4 gauge + 8 gauge power wiring for audio
0/1 gauge wiring for "big 4"

[94CutlassVert]

welcome to the forum of w-body misfits LOL

hi andrei

[XTRevolution]

welcome to the forum of w-body misfits LOL

hi andrei

Nice to see you're on here to.

Adam has 8000+ posts and I have 4000+. W-body.com could lose both of us and several more, and the moderators wouldn't flinch. Perhaps this place will be more friendly. Hi5

[AWeb80]

I have way more than 8000 posts.....it should be up around 15k, but the forum crashed a few years ago and lots of stuff was lost.


besides, who let this noob in anyway?  Racing seats in a regal, get real.

[94CutlassVert]

andrei if you want to see how lax this place is just check out the emoticons LOL

[XTRevolution]

andrei if you want to see how lax this place is just check out the emoticons LOL

Yeah I noticed that, lol. Fun stuff.

[94CutlassVert]

get 100 posts then ou can have access to the un moderated section

[Chris]

Welcome to the forum, that car looks nice. How did you mount the Z34 vents?

get 100 posts then ou can have access to the un moderated section

Yeah, that's where we keep the good stuff

[Mike]

Welcome! I'm sure you probably recognize me from W-body... but this was my first home!

Its a little quieter and more laid back here.

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

holy shit dude!! thats one hell of a regal!! i used to have one too, 4 years older than yours though, but man... ill buy it back if you wanna trade me! your car looks freakin sweeet!

[XTRevolution]

Welcome to the forum, that car looks nice. How did you mount the Z34 vents?

Yeah, that's where we keep the good stuff

Good to know. I'm liking it here already. I cut out the holes and mounted the Z34 vents with a couple of brackets and some sheet metal screws. Sealed them up with (don't hurt me) JB Weld. They stay on nice and tight. I have a cone filter mounted above the intake manifold, so it sucks in cold air straight from the vents on the highway. In 50 degree weather, I recorded the manifold air temp at 58 degrees F on the highway.

Welcome! I'm sure you probably recognize me from W-body... but this was my first home!

Its a little quieter and more laid back here.

Sure sounds like it. I'll be copying some of my more important threads from w-body.com over here soon.

holy shit dude!! thats one hell of a regal!! i used to have one too, 4 years older than yours though, but man... ill buy it back if you wanna trade me! your car looks freakin sweeet!

Thanks! I've made 12 trips between Chicago and Los Angeles with it. Its taken me through hell and back and only left me stranded twice.  The first time was a coolant elbow that went from the manifold to the water pump (as far as I could tell), and a tensioner pulley. Not bad for 213k. Granted, it now won't go in reverse, or neutral, and I have to spaz the shifter for 15 minutes to get it to go into 1st gear, but I'm working on that.

This car won't ever be for sale. I'm keeping it till the engine dies (if ever), and if this one dies, I'll drop an L67 till the body rusts away. Pulled a consistent .91 lateral G's on my g-timer while driving in the mountains in California last year. I have a screenshot of that too:






But this isn't my only car.


2005 Bonneville GXP - Sex on wheels



1987 Jaguar XJS V12 - When 8 cylinders just aren't enough

87 Jaguar V12 with coolant leak

Swapped engines and transmissions in that myself. Had never pulled an engine before in my life. What a great start huh. What a damn long story.







But enough about that. You guys can ask me questions about that car if you want to. All I'm going to say about it for now is that I've never worked on a more intelligently designed and well built engine and car before. I loved every minute of it.

Oh yeah, and I'm getting married this month, on the 27th.

[92wbody442]

What's up Andrei?  I'm w/ ya on W-Body.  I'm there too and think it's a little crazy at times.

A little slower pace here w/ some of the same guys from W.  Good change of scenery.   

[SofaKingWeToddDid]

i like your collection of cars. my lumina is my only one, though i see the guy beat my old regal to shit.

[DiscoStudd]

Wow, I didn't get that daring with my old 95 Regal.  Pretty damn impressive, though!  How much HP did you gain with the mods you did to that L27?

[XTRevolution]

I gained fairly little from those mods. The heads don't flow for shit, so you can mod mod the hell out of the engine and not gain much. I'm porting and polishing the heads this spring after I change the head gaskets on the jag. Hopefully that will unleash the potential of the other mods. The series 2 3800 makes 35hp more with just heads and intakes. Valves are nearly the same size. 3800 heads in general flow very poorly.