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General Buick Tech / Steve can you answer this?

« on: May 02 2011, 11:49:36 PM »

Hmm, thanks for the info Steve. I'll keep an eye on it if it happens again I'll try to get more info from the scanmaster. I really need to buy a Power Logger...

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IHADAV8 Playground / Wow. NMA video depiction of Osama's death

« on: May 02 2011, 10:21:35 PM »

I found it to be somewhat amusing.

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General Buick Tech / Steve can you answer this?

« on: May 02 2011, 10:16:02 PM »

I was driving my Buick on saturday and the O2's dropped to 000 and BLM's went to 90 when I came to a stop and it was idling but when I took off the car sputtered a second like it was running rich and once I got rolling a couple miles per hour or RPM past 1200 or so it smoothed out and the BLM jumped to 128 and O2's bounced around like normal. Think the O2 sensor is going out or something?

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Travel in style

« on: May 01 2011, 10:11:28 PM »

Haha amazing! Reminds me of this picture.

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IHADAV8 Playground / I want one of these...

« on: April 28 2011, 11:52:01 PM »

http://knstrct.com/2011/04/10/the-safe-house/

Here is another link with some different pictures. It's an awesome house indeed! Looks like there is a small solar panel on top but doubtful it powers the walls. What would really seal the deal is if the windows were bullet proof just incase the walls didn't work at some point.

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General Buick Tech / powermaster

« on: April 28 2011, 11:29:15 PM »

No problem. I didn't take near the pictures that the fellow at the link I took did. I just took more of a before and after type deal.

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General Buick Tech / Re: powermaster

« on: April 28 2011, 02:19:56 PM »

The setup was very easy. I found the post on TB.com originally and kinda followed it but I liked the way this guy set his website up a little more.

http://www.cedarcrestspeedlab.com/techarticles.html?col7=open#CollapsiblePanel7

It was pretty easy though just a little time consuming especially under the dash but it wasn't too hard there as long as you are a little flexible.

I opted with the speed bleeders he used in his install as well and they are definitely nice especially if you plan to bleed by yourself.

I ordered my booster from Rock Auto and ate the core fee because it wasn't too much. And I ordered my master cylinder, pressure lines, and return line from Advance Auto because I work there and get a discount. I would call around though and see who is the cheapest in your area it wasn't very much either way for the parts I got at work. Rock Auto had the cheapest price on the booster and O'Reilly was the only other place to carry it I found here.

Be sure the paint the master cylinder too. Mine is starting to rust a little bit where either brake fluid got on it or I just didn't paint it thick enough only in a few spots though. I'll touch it up later.

I bench bled the master and then threw it on and bled the car it didn't take too long although I had a leaking line at the master so I had to replace it after a bit of troubleshootin g.

Taking the pedal off and putting it back on was probably the hardest part. You use the same pedal at the Powermaster though so if you're converting from that it's great.

The setup makes a little noise but it gets quieter at first. I haven't tried to hold any boost yet I'm just making sure some other things are good to go before I do plus I'm waiting to get my MT's mounted anyway. I'll let you all know after it stops raining on a daily basis how it does.

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General Buick Tech / powermaster

« on: April 27 2011, 11:49:25 PM »

I haven't used vacuum brakes but I will say that Hydroboost is much better than the Powermaster was. I have only logged around 30 miles on my hydroboost so far but it works great and I can safely compare it to newer car braking.

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General Buick Tech / Vacuum fluctuation at idle.

« on: April 14 2011, 09:13:47 PM »

Awesome thanks for the info Steve!

Would there be any other key symptoms to a bad valve?

One thing I noticed is the RPM occasionally will jump up and down like 200 rpm which leads me to think it's a vacuum leak somewhere.

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General Buick Tech / Vacuum fluctuation at idle.

« on: April 14 2011, 04:49:10 PM »

It moved up and down a couple of pounds really once the car has warmed up but until then it runs fine. Also when I let of the gas and am just rolling it does it. What could cause this?

Cam?
Head gasket?
Vacuum leak?

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IHADAV8 Playground / Apparently, he wants me to have relations with my sister.

« on: April 02 2011, 10:13:33 AM »

There was an early 80's v8 regal driving around here last summer with massive wheels. They were like 28's or something. The guy said he had to get a lot of custom frame work done to fit the custom suspension.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Steve Wood: I am interested in hearing your opinion on "Guns on Campus."

« on: February 21 2011, 08:54:15 PM »

I think it's a good move. As previously stated anyone can carry off campus so why not on? How many 21 year old college students live on campus? Doesn't Texas ban the carrying at bars anyway? So that leaves them carrying at houses while drinking if they carry while drinking. I wish Indiana would make the same legislation.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Boost gauge reads 0 at idle.

« on: February 21 2011, 06:29:10 PM »

I got it fixed there was a kink in the line going up to the gauge under the dash. I'm not really sure how it got there but sure enough the little bit of slack I had under there kinked.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Boost gauge reads 0 at idle.

« on: February 20 2011, 02:31:32 PM »

Does it appear to be accurate under boost? My car always had shitty vacuum, but 0 seems more like a gauge issue to me.

I haven't taken it out for a spin yet, hopefully this week. It was the first time I started it since doing all my work and I'm trying to work some bugs out. My brakes weren't working when I started it or I would have gone for a small drive.

I would check for a vacuum leak.

Thanks I'll check for a vacuum leak.

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General Buick Tech / Boost gauge reads 0 at idle.

« on: February 20 2011, 11:41:17 AM »

I started my car yesterday for the first time in a couple months and as the title stated it read 0 vac/boost. Could this be a vacuum leak or is the gauge messed up?