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General Buick Tech / Re: Wasted main

« on: October 10 2014, 08:31:21 AM »

Be sure to inspect the new caps for the chamfer to match the block. Bought an engine from one of the locals a few years back. He kept taking the mains out of it on startup...3 times. He reluctantly sold me the engine. Had a look at it...and the two steel center main caps didn't have the chamfer on 'em. His machinist torqued the caps down each time...and align honed it...degreased it...and handed him the block each time. If his machinist had of loosened the caps and then retorqued them and rechecked...li ke your suppose to after and align hone/bore...he would have noted they were tight/loose all over the place like I did when I checked them. I took the caps/block to a friends machine shop and had the caps machined to fit the block...and had an align hone done. Engine is still in service to this day.

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General Buick Tech / Re: jason's education thread

« on: October 10 2014, 12:57:25 AM »

Have fun Jason!!!

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General Buick Tech / Re: Wasted main

« on: October 10 2014, 12:52:50 AM »

Larry, I saved the 4 main caps from the block I had to scrap last June due to the cracked cylinder. If we haven't sold them...do you want the two center caps? If they aren't sold...you can have 'em.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Wasted main

« on: October 09 2014, 11:28:25 PM »

Larry...ask your friend if those 2 caps have the chamfer in them that fit into the block. I've seen this before.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Wasted main

« on: October 09 2014, 11:24:16 PM »

I'm very specific when I have my engines built. A machinist should check the mains with an elongated dial indicator. Each main is checked at 12, 3. 6 and 9 o'clock. If plastigauge showed evenly across the face of each main for clearance...an d the crank turned freely...then I'm at a loss to explain what happened. The main "tightened" up for some reason. The block, cap and crank will have to be magged for heat cracks.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Wasted main

« on: October 09 2014, 05:47:24 PM »

3.8? Steel or stock caps?

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General Buick Tech / Re: jason's education thread

« on: October 09 2014, 04:35:12 PM »

Coil pack, ignition module, and 02 sensor if you have 'em.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Car Is Possessed-Need Help

« on: October 08 2014, 06:13:31 PM »

Dan just called. Was the 02 sensor...all's well.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Car Is Possessed-Need Help

« on: October 08 2014, 05:37:40 PM »

TPS follows the foot smoothly?

I'm off Friday...gonna go out to his place and try whatever you guys recommend. He has PL and a new laptop. I can post a file.

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General Buick Tech / Car Is Possessed-Need Help

« on: October 08 2014, 04:48:34 PM »

The ongoing saga of Dan Kellers car. Steve knows about this car...and everything is brand new on it. The latest. Calls last nite and says it idles and drives fine...except when you lay into it...it bogs. Let your foot out of it...and it drives normally. SM numbers are normal. I had a similar experience twice with my car...both times it was the 02 sensor. He's out swapping it out now...waiting to hear back. Can drive it all day long and it's fine...get into boost...and it bogs. I'm getting close to tossing a Molotov cocktail in this thing. Open to ideas as to what's wrong.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Could be overreacting

« on: October 08 2014, 04:27:37 PM »

If the SM numbers are correct...have a peek at the grounds on the back of the PS head.

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General Buick Tech / Re: jason's education thread

« on: October 07 2014, 11:32:39 PM »

I race pretty much every weekend from the first week of April till our Thanksgiving weekend...whic h is this coming weekend. I still get nervous/anxious/excited sitting in the staging lanes waiting to make my first run of the evening/day. Once they wave me in...it's all good. Lining up against the big tire Sportsman cars is what gets my pulse rate up. I'm happiest when I'm at the track...there's no other place I'd rather be. Sounds stupid...but it feels like home.

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General Buick Tech / Re: jason's education thread

« on: October 07 2014, 04:58:33 PM »

When I used LU convertors I had Eric lock it for me via his chip. Think he locked it in the mid 80's.

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General Buick Tech / Re: jason's education thread

« on: October 06 2014, 11:13:18 PM »

That puck is huge. Jason offered it after I bought my DP from him. It caught on the inside of the DP...so I trimmed some of the inside of the DP off with the die grinder so it would swing freely.

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Paint and Body / Re: Finally Got em on

« on: October 06 2014, 11:07:23 PM »

Sweet ride!