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General Buick Tech / combustion chamber softening

« on: August 11 2021, 03:09:26 PM »

Hi guys been laying in the weeds not doing much with the car did some chassis and suspension work she rolls pretty straight and true now, we only had 1 test and tune event last year and 1 race this year with Covid restrictions.

I have a question about chamber softening to help reduce detonation, has anyone ever played with this or do you know of any that has?

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=218838686709646
 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Coming soon to my little corner of the world

« on: November 13 2019, 12:45:19 PM »

Well looks like the Vega is gonna be corn fed.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Badges and rattle can paint

« on: June 24 2019, 03:25:53 PM »

Got bored and spent the afternoon sanded some of the blue and hit it with some BBQ paint added a tri-shield badge and some hood badges now its flat black all over.

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General Buick Tech / Helping a buddy can’t lower boost.

« on: May 05 2019, 02:35:38 PM »

Car has had a new turbo 6262 added and a Lorenz controller TH style downpipe.
Puck moves freely and all hoses are new.
Installed a powerlogger for him and said I would help setup a decent tune in it.
Power logger and boost gauge both read the same
28-29 psi. (Car ran like a raped ape)
Cranked the boost controller back as far as I could no change.  Loosened the actuator 1/4 inch there was slack no change. Unhooked the boost controller went tuner style no change.
I might try a lighter can if I can find one local.
Boost pressure not getting to the can perhaps?
Any other ideas?


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IHADAV8 Playground / Looking for suggestions on travel in the south

« on: November 01 2018, 12:57:22 PM »

So me and the Mrs are planning a trip to Nashville in January to take in a hockey game. My Cousin has 2 boys both first round draft picks 1 plays for Nashville the other Washington so we are going to a game to hopefully see them play each other. After that we are going to rent a car and head to Memphis and Graceland our flight home is from New Orleans a place we both have always wanted to visit. Any must see spots between Memphis and New Orleans?


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IHADAV8 Playground / Last race of the year

« on: October 07 2018, 10:52:16 PM »

I thought GT-Rs where fast

https://youtu.be/IH1Boyd9NZ0




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IHADAV8 Playground / TR6 problems

« on: August 21 2018, 03:03:13 PM »

It was eating coils and now it won’t spin past 4000 rpm. So I’m still having issues but think I found the problem. I sent the box to Bob he figures it’s repairable.
My question is this appears to be a voltage problem my logs show 13 to 14.5 volts.
The power source for the module is a separate panel hot wired to the alternator I’m borrowing a stock module and coil should I wire a ballast resistor in line to be safe?


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IHADAV8 Playground / Thunder in the Valley 2018

« on: August 10 2018, 10:07:26 PM »

Made thru tech how is this for a pit location!


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IHADAV8 Playground / Poor 60’

« on: July 09 2018, 03:53:04 PM »

So I had the Vega at a little track in Victoria wanted to test after my suspension changes.
It’s much straighter and seams to hook well.
I could not get it to 60’ best was a I did was a 1.75 I had the 2 step set at 3400 rpm and saw 10lbs of boost   
My suspicion is I flooded it with meth as it starts spraying at 7 psi
How safe am I to dial it back to 10 psi as a turn on point for the meth?


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General Buick Tech / MAP sensor wiring

« on: May 29 2018, 01:02:50 PM »

So I wired my power logger to the green wire terminal A on C437 like I had it in the white car and nothing, the connector is not connected to anything and I have ran power to terminal F to run the motor, there is no power at the map sensor and I have probed the C437 connector terminal G black and white marked as ground has 5 volts? Nothing at terminal B I jumped the G and B together and got a reading of 20 PSI on the powerlogger? Is it as simple as grounding terminal G?


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General Buick Tech / Classic Fast

« on: January 26 2018, 10:26:41 PM »

Anyone familiar with the old grey box?
Thinking about picking one up to simplify the wiring in the Vega?
Thanks


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IHADAV8 Playground / I think I have a problem was looking for parts and found this....

« on: December 11 2017, 11:10:56 PM »

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General Buick Tech / looking for opinions

« on: September 27 2017, 03:23:29 PM »

so The Vega is about to start its transformation . Its going to be a bit of a sleeper stock 4 link suspension with a 12 bolt that has 456 gears lol. I can get a 373 for the 4 series carrier which should be good, its going to be a small tire 8.5 x 26 slick at the track and a similar sized drag radial on the street. My 2800 stall will be too tight I think for this light weight losing 1000 lbs changes things 3200 or even 3400 stall would like to keep the lock up? Was also considering a cam swap to move power up in the rpm so its not flat lining at the end of a 1/4 mile pass what do you think?


The Barns almost ready for this project

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IHADAV8 Playground / Arm drop video

« on: September 18 2017, 05:56:40 PM »

Bunch hillbillies have fun on Vancouver Island.
The S10 has a 302 zapper clone in it great bunch of gear heads 😃
https://youtu.be/jTZevTOrfXo


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IHADAV8 Playground / Ontario guys

« on: September 06 2017, 05:11:25 PM »

Anyone know this car?
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/ottawa/1973-pro-street-vega/1286564052?enableSearchNa vigationFlag=true


what can you tell me about it?