IHADAV8.com - Turbo Buick Tech, and Nonsense
General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: kma697 on January 11 2007, 08:50:39 PM
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Why does no one seemingly go to TB.com???? Thats where I spend most of my time and I haven't had any problems yet??? Just curious.
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I can't speak for everyone here, but I read that site about once a week. I don't post there because I really have nothing to offer the TR community in the way of tech.
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Oh, and the reason I post here is that I have met most of the people here. I post in spite of those meetings, BTW.
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Uh huh, what Greg said. I post here and at turbobuicks.co m as they don't put up with bullshit over there, same as here.
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(In my best southern accent).....Well yall gotta come down here for Cruisin the Coast so I can meet yall as well ya hear!
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Robert should take you captive to Nevada.
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All he has to do is ask.....I don't know if we had met yet anyway.
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I can't speak for everyone here, but I read that site about once a week. I don't post there because I really have nothing to offer the TR community in the way of tech.
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Greg: May I disagree with that statement? I am sure that you are qualified more than most anybody in at least the Suspension section, and probably a lot of other areas also. They may not be as heavy into Pro-touring as the official Pro-touting site but there are some on TB.com that their interests lie primarily in that area.
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Greg you are A-OK in my book!! I agree with Gary!
I post sometimes at TB.kom now that Shane bought the site. I have no problem with Shane or Jay.
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I dont go there because I guess I'm holding a grudge. A long time ago, when I first bought my GN, I had questions after researching about power plates. Some idiot, who was a frequent poster, jumped my case calling me an idiot and stupid. I was like "shit dude, I'm new to all this". It kinda started another powerplate war with some guys pro and some against. I figured that all thoes guys were clowns so I acted like one also...started talking shit back in defence. The owner of the board was cool with me even though I went on a rage over there defending myself.
I left figuring that if they didnt want a newcommer comming in asking questions I'll just leave. I laid back in the dark only researching tb and tbs till t6p came about. I just went and searched for evidence at tb...found none.
Things are different now over there. Maybe it's better?
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I post in the southwest section
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Fwiw:
I will admit that each and every board/site is not for everybody, but a lot of things have changed over there, not only when Shane took over, but starting about six months or a year or so before, or somewhere along in there, they realized that they might be little unchangeable in some areas, and started to take a good hard look at what they could change without jepoardizing the board. They started allowing pictures to be posted, there were no more disappearing people and / or posts. They are critical on foul language, swearing, cussing, cursing, call it what you will, and of course racial remarks, thing of that nature. Nude pictures, stuff NWS, things like that are a no-no. If they ever were overly protective of supporting vendors, and I am not saying that they were or not, they don't appear to be that way now. Shane and all of the staff take ownership, administrative, and moderator duties seriously, but very fairly. I even think that a while back, they openly invited even the previously "banned people" back. Some returned, some didn't. I really think that if you try it and give it a fair chance, you will like the improvements that have been made over there. If nothing else, drop down and say "hello" in the Southwestern section, especially if you are in the greater Southwestern section of the U.S., and definitely if you are in the So Cal area. Really can't hurt to check it out. When in need of assistance for knowledge, part #'s, parts availability, vendor support, or whatever, there is just no sense in relying on 1 or 2 boards when you can increase that to 3 or 4, or even 5 or 6 boards. Shane's/TB.com's current membership is about 17,100 or so. Now all those people can't be wrong. The more people that post on all boards, the more that the boards will get along whether they want or not. I am not asking or suggesting that anybody "jump ship" and desert any board, only that you give TB.com a fighting chance to be one of your boards too. If you find something that you don't like, or think is unfair, please drop me a line on e-mail and I will at least suggest the idea or areas of unsatisfaction to administration, (and hopefully not get thrown off the board), and see if changes can be made in that area.
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I was tempted to join, just to stick up for Scott Wile a while back, a couple of people were bagging on the man.
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I was tempted to join, just to stick up for Scott Wile a while back, a couple of people were bagging on the man.
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I like and respect Scott, good person with a good head on his shoulders, but I don't ever remember a couple of people bagging on him, but I do know of 1 that bags on him, but it stays pretty equal and I don't like to interfere any more than necessary unless someone starts using offensive language, or starts bagging on someone's relatives or friends that were not involved in the original fragmentation. And you are welcome to join in the defense of someone at anytime. Actually, you're just welcome at anytime for any reason. You know that.
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You owe me a gin and tonic.
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I know, as soon as we see each other. Been saving what's left of my liver for old age, I guess. I will be going back to Fontana if they ever open it up again for Friday Nights racing, which doesn't look like it is going to happen anytime soon. I still hit Donut Derelict's every so often, unfortunately a little early for Gin & Tonics. I'm a bum and a turbo brick lover, but not a welcher. We'll toast again.
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The only place I feel comfortable visiting is TBS. Nice mixture of people.
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I like tbs too. I frequent and post a lot over there. There ares some very smart people over there, like Steve wood.
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I quit there untill not long before Shane took over. I quit because of Banning of Long standing/Good members, vendor protecting, telling NOOBs that their part was the part to get, deleting post that offered any advice that was about them, Removing B4Black as MOD of his own section(Still hasn't been reinstated)....I could go on.. Customer Service, Principles and Integrity mean a lot to Me..
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I just look over there once, I think I posted once about someone's paint on how nice it looked, other then that I am here and only here.
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...Removing B4Black as MOD of his own section(Still hasn't been reinstated)....
That is the reason I stopped going over during the reign of Bruce Toelle. The way he did that was completely classless. There is NO ONE that loves these cars more and gives more of his knowledge of those particular cars more than Rich (B4Black).
I do not know the new ownership over, and it dosen't really matter much to me. I still go over there and read the tech sections and stay out of the BS and certainly try not to contribute to it! :rofl;
Each BB has it's merits and I respect that, but as you say Gary, each board offers something different that appeals to different people. All I know, to date the only BBs that don't have ANY drama are those that are not moderated, but self policed. That's not just the Buick one's but others as well. When the masses invoke peer pressure to maintain civility it has a farther reaching message to bahve than one or two moderators trying to do the same thing. Just my modest two cents.
The preceding post is the opinion of the Poster and in no way was meant to incite, illicit, condone, condemn, or cause any undue grief or drama for any readers that may deem so.
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Racer X has spoken!!
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Go to tbs.com and do a search on all things pertaining to tb.com.....you'll be busy for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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What is funny to me is that the biggest topic on tbs.com is tb.com.
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I've been there a few times. and it has gotten better. I'm just
more attracted to this place. I simply like the small crowd we have here.
The only regret that I can think of to date, is:
of the only two times I've ever gone west in my life, I didn't get to meet Gary
or Phil in person. :atbeer:
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I have got it, why dont we have a get together of an IHADAV8 party here in Tenn??? I can cook and provide drinks you guys can help build a garage???????? Then everyone can meet everyone. What do ya all think????? lol
I bet not right?lol j/k :rofl;
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We may have to plan something like that in '09
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I've been there a few times. and it has gotten better. I'm just
more attracted to this place. I simply like the small crowd we have here.
The only regret that I can think of to date, is:
of the only two times I've ever gone west in my life, I didn't get to meet Gary
or Phil in person. :atbeer:
Gary's a riot :rolleyes:
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We may have to plan something like that in '09
The garage better be done by then!
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I've been there a few times. and it has gotten better. I'm just
more attracted to this place. I simply like the small crowd we have here.
The only regret that I can think of to date, is:
of the only two times I've ever gone west in my life, I didn't get to meet Gary
or Phil in person. :atbeer:
Gary's a riot :rolleyes:
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I might be a riot, but I have an exceptionally nice turbo brick.
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I have got it, why dont we have a get together of an IHADAV8 party here in Tenn??? I can cook and provide drinks you guys can help build a garage???????? Then everyone can meet everyone. What do ya all think?????
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I have got it, why dont we have a get together of an IHADAV8 party here in Tenn??? I can cook and provide drinks you guys can help build a garage???????? Then everyone can meet everyone. What do ya all think?????
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You'll have to wrestle me up there first... you wont win
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You'll have to wrestle me up there first... you wont win
Don't be so sure there Booboo, I'm smarter than the average bear.
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hahaha and I'm stronger than the average person...
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I have got it, why dont we have a get together of an IHADAV8 party here in Tenn??? I can cook and provide drinks you guys can help build a garage???????? Then everyone can meet everyone. What do ya all think?????
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hahaha and I'm stronger than the average person...
Hmmm...back of head meet mr. 2x4 ...then meet mrs lightsout...or we can just get you drunk :vom:
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Tying him up wouldn't be hard. Just pretend you have sexual motives and he'll tie the knots himself.
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Tying him up wouldn't be hard. Just pretend you have sexual motives and he'll tie the knots himself.
You're a thinker... :rofl;
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lol
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I have got it, why dont we have a get together of an IHADAV8 party here in Tenn??? I can cook and provide drinks you guys can help build a garage???????? Then everyone can meet everyone. What do ya all think?????
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Actually, you could probably just look at his knee and he would fall down crying.
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Actually, you could probably just look at his knee and he would fall down crying.
lol, now thats bad.... Dont mess with Knee problems, I have had 3 surgerys from Gymnastics.
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Actually, you could probably just look at his knee and he would fall down crying.
lol, now thats bad.... Dont mess with Knee problems, I have had 3 surgerys from Gymnastics.
RR [biting tongue] :rofl;
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Just keep biting boy........lol :rofl;
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"gymnastics" ... do you do gymnastics with your husband?
My knee IS fucked
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"gymnastics" ...
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Phil, are you sure that is not rug burn?
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Phil, are you sure that is not rug burn?
LMAO :rofl;
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Phil, are you sure that is not rug burn?
DAMN Be4u was right, you do have to have thick skin around here!! :headz:
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Of that, there is no doubt.
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hahaha Gary....
4 operations in the last year and I hadn't walked correctly, more like shuffled for the last 14 months. I'm getting better, I was able to go around on the stationary bike this week. Therapy is 5 days a week 3-4 hours a day and 3-4 vicoden.
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I like tbs too. I frequent and post a lot over there. There ares some very smart people over there, like Steve wood.
What the hell!!!!!!!!"It's so simple, even a Steve Wood can do it" should be the commercial. Now I have to go kick his ass and then your ass for saying such a thing. I know this is the internet, but let's get a little bit of a reality check inserted here.
Then I'm going to kick Racer X's ass for not realizing that I AM the biggest subject on tbs.com, and just for the fun of it I will kick his ass again.
You people need help, all of you! :rock:
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Birds of a feather man! We learned it from watching you!
Hell, I re-joined over there a few days ago, but just for the SW section. There are some good guys over there, like Scott and Lee, but I couldn't give less of a shit about drag racing and car shows to tell you the truth.
I'm waiting for Chris Garrett to post over here and feed himself to the dogs. Muahhaaa...
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natty....you don't like drag racing??? :smt019 :smt075 g
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It's boring to me. I have more fun when my GN is turning. I just have more fun on the street I suppose, though I'm not as reckless anymore. I love messing with friends and their drift cars because my holeshot always gets them in the turns. I use my brake like a clutch and keep the boost up going into the turn and then let off when I straighten out. Damn it's fun. I wouldn't suggest doing it in areas where there are telephone poles and cars. LOL You're gonna spin out the first couple times and if you can't think fast you're gonna crush something.
But yeah, watching drag racing gets old quick, at least for me. I have more fun in the pits at Pomona than the flight line.
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Sell it (the GN) and buy a 240SX and have a ball!! LOL I going to a drifting race tom. nite but it will be followed by drag racing. I like all kinds of racing but dr would be 1st and then scca.
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240's are fun cars man. I still want to drop a 455 and a 5 speed in my El Camino, but California law won't let me. I think I can get around it by using a re-jetted electronic Q-Jet off a truck, so I can get an 800 cfm model. I'll need to somehow get the Buick distributor to fire off an 87 Monte Carlo ECM and that should take care of things.
I also want a Jag IRS for the rear too. What I also love is off road desert racing, dirt bikes, quads, all that shit. I still want to build an all wheel drive S-10 to compete with. But that's a different story.
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240's are fun cars man. I still want to drop a 455 and a 5 speed in my El Camino, but California law won't let me. I think I can get around it by using a re-jetted electronic Q-Jet off a truck, so I can get an 800 cfm model. I'll need to somehow get the Buick distributor to fire off an 87 Monte Carlo ECM and that should take care of things.
I also want a Jag IRS for the rear too. What I also love is off road desert racing, dirt bikes, quads, all that shit. I still want to build an all wheel drive S-10 to compete with. But that's a different story.
Modding the distributor shouldn't be all that hard, as long as you have a big cap HEI for the 455 to start with.
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I gotta go from the 4 pin to the 7 pin module with no vacuum advance can. I wonder if the shaft length and diameter are the same? Meh, I'll find out eventually.
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I gotta go from the 4 pin to the 7 pin module with no vacuum advance can. I wonder if the shaft length and diameter are the same? Meh, I'll find out eventually.
I would try to put the '87 internals into
the older distributor. I'd bet that its almost a bolt in proposition...
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natty....you don't like drag racing??? :smt019
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:cool;
^ What he said. I think a longer run with twists and turns is a greater test of man and the machine he made, I suppose. Anyone can make a 500hp engine, but can they make it last?
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natty....you don't like drag racing??? :smt019
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What I also love is off road desert racing, dirt bikes, quads, all that shit. I still want to build an all wheel drive S-10 to compete with. But that's a different story.
Quads are great! We have gone to the Badlands in Indiana with our Quads. Very cool, very fun.
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I have been going over there lately for the Kill\Fish section. Raven has me going nuts over the story he is writing.
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I have been going over there lately for the Kill\Fish section.
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Ahhh...you and Raven must be buds. :cool;
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I dont know him... i just get tired of the same thing on that board and this is interesting. Over here its always interesting thats why i like it....... and sylvans here too.
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No no nono...I was speaking to Sylvan and his sarcastic quote manipulation. Did you know that Sylvan and Conan Obrien were close friends. It's true. :rolleyes: