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General Buick Tech / Re: Pypes exhaust
« on: August 12 2015, 02:43:31 PM »
the hangers dont go into the oe tailpipe hangers
they go at the back of the muffler under the muffler clamp and they attach to the angled  frame brace above

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Paint and Body / Re: Polishing GTA's
« on: January 12 2015, 12:02:47 AM »
rather than use chemical stripper , the easy way is oven cleaner , it cuts through the annodize which is extremely hard , then sand with  600 and wd40 , step up to 1000, 1500 then polish



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General Buick Tech / Re: CAS V4
« on: December 30 2014, 06:31:30 PM »
pte is 3"in 3"out  vs 2.5" in 2.5" out with the cas,
pte has bar and plate core vs the garret core on the cas
pte core is thicker 3"  vs 2.75 on the cas

one other thing not mentioned ..the  PTE is almost  as heavy as my cas v1 fmic

http://vortexbuicks-etc.com/stock_location_intercoolers.htm

theres also an IC test that has the performance data

http://www.vortexbuicks-etc.com/ICtest.htm

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General Buick Tech / Re: Vacuum brakes
« on: September 12 2014, 10:29:48 AM »
replace the check valve at front of booster
i run a second checkvalve  inline that i get from imports in the junk yards

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^^^  i agree ,
i run XFI and it doesnt play nice on 8 either
 picked up a couple cheap used netbooks of ebay for under a hundred with win 7 and no issues

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General Buick Tech / Re: AMS-500
« on: August 24 2014, 07:49:19 PM »
drill and put a momentary switch on the left side of the brake pedal ,  its how they get the bailey 2step to work without a tbrake ,   contact eric marshall he has them

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I want my power logger screen display on my new laptop to be a little bigger to match my screen size.
Is there a way to do this?
thanks

try changing the screen size ,  otherwise drop turbobob a message , he had altered a version for smaller netbooks so the screen fit as it was too large

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General Buick Tech / Re: Rear Pinion Yoke Question
« on: July 29 2014, 08:18:59 PM »
the ujoints are 3r
go to dennysdrivesha ft.com  and they have the specs on the joints

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General Buick Tech / Re: SMC Alky
« on: July 18 2014, 02:48:09 PM »
interesting find  .. then again i tell anyone with that SMC progressive to ditch it before they blow the motor.
bigger issue i always find is with methanol they develop leaks much more often than the pump razor uses on his kits .

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General Buick Tech / Re: alky control system
« on: July 16 2014, 09:36:18 AM »
as i was reading this his banner was flying above the post

julio is and has always been there to help work out kinks and cut to the chase and get you back up and running even when most of the issues he works to solve are user induced

just be aware the pump should be considered a consumable
 its running a solvent and the fluid handling portion is built with plastics that will degrade with contact and they will eventually need to be replaced . the alky tester he sells is a big help for finding the leaks and checking the output pressure to determine when it should be replaced , also good for dialing in turn on and ramping
the pumps cost a round 160 these days but for what you save being able to run WOT all the time anytime on pump gas  vs  race fuel , even if its replaced every two years, is still a bargain

ive been running his kits since he started and the nay sayers back then warning against alky were the majority  , julio made it so much easier

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General Buick Tech / Re: Weird cooling issue
« on: July 14 2014, 11:56:14 AM »
the heat from the trans is directed to the coolant with the trans cooler in the radiator, if trans fluid is hotter than coolant the coolant will be heated 
are you running a seperate trans cooler?

problem with a lockup is its usually not very efficient unlocked 
NL are designed to couple better , not 1:1 as a lockup will locked but still better

have you replaced the thermostat lately

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General Buick Tech / Re: New turbo break-in
« on: June 16 2014, 02:18:24 PM »
whats to know its a shaft with two bearings that all they ask for is oil ,
 once it has oil and oil is warmed up beat the snot out if

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they come out from the top
remove the grille panel and the speakers are held in with two phillips head screws

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General Buick Tech / Re: Where to buy a Powermaster Accumulator
« on: May 28 2014, 07:56:48 PM »
kirbans has them


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General Buick Tech / Re: steering box
« on: May 28 2014, 08:49:51 AM »
after some research looks like they have 2 different boxes for the GN, one is 3.5 lock to lock and one is 2.5. Anyone changed to the 2.5?

the aftermarket parts  catologs may show two boxes available for g bodies  and you can interchange the two on a GN but  the hurstolds/SS /GN -TR's and any car with the handling option  got the performance ratio high effort(12:1) 2.5 turn box  , the soft (16:1) 3.5 was used on all other standard suspension gbodies

heres an  link to save
http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2007/09/01/hmn_feature21.html

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