IHADAV8.com - Turbo Buick Tech, and Nonsense
General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: 278CIKILLER on February 15 2012, 08:46:24 AM
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So what did you do or bi for the car over the winter for this summer, and will you race it ? :powersix:
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eek..
Is shit-tons a measurement?
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i have a lot to do but i am not going to race it this year money is way to tight to brake something anything. :013:
i am hoping to get everything worked out for next year if things turn around.
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Norbs had a fire sale on his S1 engine...so I grabbed his zero mile TA aluminum heads for my backup engine. WTF was I thinking.
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thats to go faster and better ets, i know you what to beat on your car just like me.can't wait.
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I bought a set of ceramic front pads for the car.....should p/u a couple tenths right there
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Been doing a bit of spring cleaning & freshening up things a bit over the winter. :icon_fU:
- New TA front cover & oil pump gears
- replaced rear main seal
-RJC Deep Sump Oil Pan
- TA Performance billet steel gear set with stock style single row timing chain with tensioner
Just gotta install some new valve springs before she's ready to roll out in the spring. :D
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I bought a set of ceramic front pads for the car.....should p/u a couple tenths right there
at least they won't dust up the wheels like the CF pads! I would have suggested you spend a $100 and bought some EBC pads...so you probably saved 60$ :D
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Oh, I bought an annual set of hood lifts...amazin g how they fail in cold weather but work on warm days
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Hmmm... only changed the lifts for the first time in 2009?
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Oh, I bought an annual set of hood lifts...amazin g how they fail in cold weather but work on warm days
Two words. Vice grips.
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beats the broom stick!
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Still have the original hood lifts on mine. Suprised they still do the job
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That's a good item to buy at Rock Auto - Monroe $10.06 ea
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/catalog.php?catalog=904&partnum=901203&a=Search%2Bfor%2BMONROE%2B901203 (http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/catalog.php?catalog=904&partnum=901203&a=Search%2Bfor%2BMONROE%2B901203)
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that what I bought...did wonder if Delco was any more long lasting, tho
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NOS4GN sells a model that's available on Rock too - says it's the same as ACDelco I dunno
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New strong arm lifts on mine, the hood almost opens itself! ( from 1/2 open it does)
New cam, polished the crank and new bearings, front cover, Extender chip, 3200 stall converter and a tach when does the track open?
April 6th!!!
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Norbs had a fire sale on his S1 engine...so I grabbed his zero mile TA aluminum heads for my backup engine. WTF was I thinking.
So what are you gonna do with the winfall from work?
AJ___