Welcome to the Speedlab, which is now the home of the former Steve's Turbo Regal Website and Steve's Mustang Cobra Homepage, which have been online in various iterations since 1995. Check back often to see what is going on in the Speedlab as the quest for more 'real street' power continues!

This website is dedicated to real street performance and my current modern muscle cars, a 1987 Buick Regal Turbo T and my 1996 Ford Mustang Cobra. Both cars see a lot of time in Cedar Crest Speedlab, which is actually the name of my home garage. You can find me in there tinkering with one or the other car a lot of the time. I take a lot of pride in my vehicles and one look at them will be proof of that.

A 1995 issue of Car Craft actually got me turned on to Turbo Regals. My Buick is not driven daily and it makes regular visits on the car show circuit. It is a rare car and it gets a lot of attention everywhere it goes. People that know the real story behind these cars can appreciate how well preserved and potent the heavy car with a little V6 can be. It has great street manners, but it can unleash a fury of torque when needed! It is driven fairly regularly in the summer months since cars were meant to be driven.

The Mustang Cobra is driven regularly during the summer and is basically a fair weather driver. I have kept it mostly stock, so it is pretty tame for street duty. It is kept as clean as possible and many people can't believe the car is a 1996. The car sees regular wash and wax and is maintained to a high level.

What is Cedar Crest Speedlab? Is it a business?

Cedar Crest Speedlab is simply a nickname for my home garage, where I enjoy honing my shade tree mechanic skills. I consider myself a pretty good mechanic and very rarely will you see one of my vehicles in a shop. I prefer to handle virtually everything with my vehicles so I know it was done right. Honestly, there are very few people who I would trust to work on my Buick. I actually have Cedar Crest Speedlab T-shirts if anyone is crazy enough to want one. They are one of a kind!

Archives

10/28/2011
The Buick has been prepped for storage and is now under wraps for the winter. Luckily I got a really good deal on Joe Gibbs Driven Hot Rod Oil at Advance Auto. They aren't stocking it anymore so I bought what was left at a deep discount. It has more zinc for added protection in flat tappet cam equipped cars, like my Turbo Regal. It's going to be a long winter...

6/3/2011
Today was a busy day. I outfitted the Cobra with an American Thunder Flowmaster Super 44 system and put a new DS header on the Buick.

To see and hear the difference in the Cobra, click here.

5/2/2011
The Turbo Regal placed first in Street Machines 1983 - Present at the 2011 Black Hawk County Street Machines Spring Fest Car Show at the Isle of Capri Casino. Although it was downright cold and windy, it was a great car show with lots of nice entries. Read more...

Video of class participants.

4/27/2011
The Buick is currently in the lab getting ready for the SpringFest Car Show on May 1. I finally changed the transmission fluid after thirteen years and I am in the process of detailing the car for the show. Hopefully the weather report stays clear for Sunday, but it doesn't sound too promising.

3/31/2011
The Speedlab is open for the spring! Current projects include installing a new wastegate on the Buick and Flowmaster American Thunder cat-back exhaust on the Cobra. Oh yeah, baseball season has begun as well. Go Royals!