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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Cell phone bill?

« on: August 19 2013, 08:26:22 PM »

Not international calling but it does do texts to Canada and Mexico

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Cell phone bill?

« on: August 19 2013, 07:57:54 PM »

Just got set up with AT&T for $60. I'm on a prepaid account with unlimited Talk & Text plus 2 gb data.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Power 6 Logo Tattoo ?

« on: August 19 2013, 06:14:18 AM »

Friend of mine bought a stretched Hyabusa which the seller delivered from Tx. My friend had on a Turbo Buick T shirt and the guy with the bike rolls up his sleeve and there's a Power 6 tattoo on his arm.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: New Phone

« on: August 17 2013, 07:31:07 AM »

Just got a no contact AT&T Samsung Rugby Pro. Great phone. Excellent battery life. Super loud volume. 


I think this phone would pass the old Timex watch test where John Cameron Swazey straps one to an outboard motor propeller to prove it's water and shock proof. 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Ed Baker - Happy Birthday!

« on: August 16 2013, 06:34:02 AM »

Have a great day Ed! 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: For Sale/Trade rant

« on: August 08 2013, 07:17:47 PM »

Yeah well but until more get onboard with the likes of Bitcoin, PP is the best out there.

I prefer my customers to send their throttle body to be worked vs buying one I have ready to sell. They'll get it cheaper and by including a personal check or MO inside the pkg there's no paypal fee. Surprising that most would rather use paypal though.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: For Sale/Trade rant

« on: August 08 2013, 06:01:39 PM »

I think of it as a 3% discount for customers paying by personal check or MO rather than an extra charge for Paypal. 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Chris Gray aka "Boywonder" anybody know him?

« on: July 31 2013, 10:14:41 AM »

I signed up with Bitcoin but don't know a thing about it yet. Haven;t had time to read up.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Chris Gray aka "Boywonder" anybody know him?

« on: July 31 2013, 08:52:47 AM »

When I worked wholesale sales the old adage was that you didn't take checks on the four "Ps"


Policemen
Preachers
Painters
Politicians


Working in sales for 8 years I found some of that to be true.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Chris Gray aka "Boywonder" anybody know him?

« on: July 31 2013, 07:14:15 AM »

Shee-it Man!!!! I'll take post-dated out of state two party checks! 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: anybody ever heard of this "steve monroe" guy?

« on: July 19 2013, 08:38:28 PM »

Depends. If you have to have your original plenum returned it would need to be here two days. If not I can often do a same day turn around. If the parts are powder coated are you plan to have them done, it gets more complicated. Aluminum castings don't machine well if they've been through the P/C bake process. I'd need to do the machining, send them back then you can get them coated and send the throttle body back here for the seals, throttle plate and assembly. Price would be the same but involve a 2nd shipping charge. Details are at http://www.throttlebodys.com/Buick_GN.htm

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: anybody ever heard of this "steve monroe" guy?

« on: July 19 2013, 04:39:56 PM »

Worn out shaft seals leak vacuum and boost. Drivability and performance can suffer as a result. If your seals are shot your turbo is having to make X plus Y amount of boost to get X amount of boost into the cylinders. 1 psi is 10 degrees added to the air charge temp. Depending on what you have done on your car, every 10 degrees of charge temp can cost you 10 HP. The vacuum leaks will cause too rich of a fuel mixture. Shaft seals are good for 7 to 10 years  under good conditions.
As for increased throttle body bore size, it allows more air into the motor. Turbo Buicks come with a 57mm TB. I do this work for other makes and none that are as small as our TBs that come on boosted engines. Personally, I don't think my car ran any quicker times with a bored TB but it was a lot more fun to drive with the TB upgraded. Anyone not wanting their TB bored out I can also do a TB rebuild for them.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: anybody ever heard of this "steve monroe" guy?

« on: July 18 2013, 08:53:39 PM »

Aaron your TB, plenum and gaskets are in the mail. Should be there Saturday. Thanks again for your business!

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Thanks to Steve Wood and Paul Miller

« on: June 04 2013, 05:18:01 PM »

I rousted a grackel off the fence with my Red Ryder this morning. A 75 yd shot.
Had to aim 2 ft high and 2 ft to the right to hit him. (took half a dozen tries    )

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: I guess things aren't all bad

« on: May 24 2013, 06:37:48 AM »

Ford didn't go to the Govt asking for that $5.9B low interest loan. The Govt went to Ford requesting they invest in more fuel efficient technology with the $$$. Ford wasn't in financial trouble at the time and never sought protection from creditors.