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Tech Area => General Buick Tech => Topic started by: 87natty on March 13 2007, 12:33:58 AM

Title: Remind me of what I need
Post by: 87natty on March 13 2007, 12:33:58 AM

I'm going to go through the whole car for tune-up purposes before I take her to the smog dyno.

K&N cleaner and oil
Delco R43T's gapped at .035 (if I remember correctly)
GM PCV valve
Denso O2 sensor
Reset TPS and IAC
EGR valve gasket
Delco PF52 oil filter and oil
Can of Seafoam

I know I'm forgetting something, or a few things.

EDIT: I finally got popped for my cracked windshield, so I think I'm getting an El Camino one that has the antenna built in the glass so I can shave the pass side fender.

Title: Re: Remind me of what I need
Post by: Recklessrob on March 13 2007, 01:51:14 AM

I think stock plugs are R44TS
What chip do you have ?
What year El Camino windshield are you getting.
I have the windshield Antenna in my Grand Prix, and it
gets better receptin than my GN. Go figure huh ?
Better aerodynamics too.

I also recommend some isopropyl gas line anti freeze
mixed in the gas. Alky burns much cleaner than gas does.

Title: Remind me of what I need
Post by: 87natty on March 13 2007, 02:03:16 AM

I have a Neal Steward chip. It's pretty much stock with a little more boost and a later lockup. Total timing is 18* I believe. AS for the El Co windshield, I'm not sure, but most have them. I'm sick of my power antenna dying all the time.

Now what's this about gas line anti-freeze? Are we talking about propane coolant? I was going to mix in a bottle of alky with a shot of tranny fluid for the test.

Title: Re: Remind me of what I need
Post by: Recklessrob on March 13 2007, 02:32:25 AM

Just a little alky, no tranny fluid. Depending on the alky, it has a 2-9:1 stochiometric
ratio, whereas gas is 14.7:1, so it doesn't take much alky to affect things.
Eric Marshall offers an "emmisions" chip. Maybe Neal could cook one up for you. I
think Eric even has the bin file set up for download.

Title: Remind me of what I need
Post by: ledzeppac on March 13 2007, 12:29:55 PM

Put on a 237 regulator

Title: Remind me of what I need
Post by: Be4u on March 13 2007, 01:16:46 PM

Once, with Jim, a guy at the smog place told us that turbo cars hardly ever fail....but thats in GA.

Title: Remind me of what I need
Post by: Recklessrob on March 13 2007, 05:57:00 PM

Quote from: "Be4u @ Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:16 pm"

Once, with Jim, a guy at the smog place told us that turbo cars hardly ever fail....but thats in GA.

Probably 'cause the guy doin' the test is walkin' around with a hand whittled corn cob pipe ablaze....