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General => New Member Introductions and Welcomes! => Topic started by: GavinHunyady on December 12 2014, 10:49:39 PM

Title: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: GavinHunyady on December 12 2014, 10:49:39 PM: Hi everyone, I've had my GN since 1997... it was parked for the last few years, but I'm working on it this winter to get ready for this summer. Engine is out, inspecting the short block and putting it back together... so I figured I should study up.

So I get on the internet, and start reading, turns out a bit has changed since the last tune I had about 10years ago, hell even my scanmaster doesnt work anymore! So I figure I better find Steve Wood, and that led me here... What the crap Steve, did you get kicked off another board?
:cheers:

anyhow, here's the gameplan:
hydroboost
some form of new chip to replace my ME-R, fresh injectors
mildly ported heads (had a blown gasket)
9" converter (16930)
clean up some oil leaks, freshen up the oil pump
inspect the cam, get some new cam bearings, maybe throw a roller at it, if the stocker is wiped
monster sway bar
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: Steve Wood on December 13 2014, 02:59:01 PM: Nope....I don't like boards where vendors control the information and their sins are hidden :)

How have you been doing? :)
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: TexasT on December 13 2014, 03:24:08 PM: Welcome!
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: GavinHunyady on December 13 2014, 08:35:57 PM: Quote from: Steve Wood on December 13 2014, 02:59:01 PM
Nope....I don't like boards where vendors control the information and their sins are hidden :)

How have you been doing? :)

thats a good reason.

I'm doing really well, unfortunately that means my career was keeping me from enjoying my hobbies, and now that our buddy steve is retired from the chip business I've got my work cut out for me to get this thing tuned up right. On the other hand, I can afford to do it right for a change.

Quote from: TexasT on December 13 2014, 03:24:08 PM
Welcome!

thanks!!
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: Steve Wood on December 14 2014, 04:24:24 PM: Gavin, Eric at TT took Steve's software and created the SD1 that tunes just like Steve's chips and that is what I have been using since Steve quit...works really well
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: GavinHunyady on December 14 2014, 07:26:34 PM: Right on, that is the tentative plan, I was just spoiled because I could ride down the street and get a lot of tuning done for a coke and pack of smokes.
:cheers:

I've got a VLOG going as well, here's the progress as of last week. I'll probably put a fresh video up tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q163TqoKAqc&list=UUmtNb4VMnSXVbauJ4Dfn96w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q163TqoKAqc&list=UUmtNb4VMnSXVbauJ4Dfn96w)
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: v6sleeper on December 15 2014, 12:33:16 PM: Welcome, nice video and nice paint on that car too..
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: good2win22 on December 15 2014, 01:06:50 PM: Welcome and nice shop!
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: GavinHunyady on December 16 2014, 07:16:14 AM: Thanks, I think I'm going to try to post GN videos every Sunday night... so long as I'm making progress. Maybe more often over the holidays, based on progress.
Lots of parts coming in... (here's last Sunday's video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAAKmJjRK_A&list=UUmtNb4VMnSXVbauJ4Dfn96w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAAKmJjRK_A&list=UUmtNb4VMnSXVbauJ4Dfn96w)
I wonder if I should move the video posts to the other forum?
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: larrym on December 17 2014, 01:30:24 PM: Nice job documenting your work!
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: tb3 on December 25 2014, 02:10:40 PM: welcome! :cheers:
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: ttipe on December 30 2014, 05:38:33 PM: I may know your Mom. I worked at the corner of Hamilton & St. Johns (Buick Engineering) in Flint.
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: GavinHunyady on December 31 2014, 11:36:45 PM: Yep, we may know a handful of the same people. I'm at Powertrain engineering in Pontiac now.
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: ttipe on January 05 2015, 12:33:10 PM: Perhaps you may know Tom Halka (rod & piston release)?
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: GavinHunyady on January 06 2015, 05:17:48 PM: I dont, I'm in cooling system... and I've only been here since October.
Title: Re: New member from Flint, MI
Post by: TexasT on January 06 2015, 08:19:17 PM: If you are in cooling I'd like to ask you stop gm from using the orange death coolant. It is the bane of all intake gaskets.