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General Buick Tech / Turbo Options

« on: June 25 2020, 07:40:00 PM »

Lets talk about turbos.  My Limit Engineering TA61 just recently started smoking at idle.  Only put 6,000 miles on it in 15 years of street driving, but I like to get on it when the opportunity exists.  Is there a similarly sized modern turbo with better characteristic s, or should I just send in my old tech turbo for a rebuild?  Combo below will stay the same except for the turbo.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Muffler recommendations.

« on: June 13 2020, 11:13:16 AM »

I recently changed mine to dual 3" Borla S-Types.  I had the S-Types on my Chevy SS before I sold it and really liked them.  They are straight through design, and are made to be a little on the quiet side with no drone.  The idle sounds good and they really make a wonderful sound at full throttle with the turbo.  Overall I like them.  Cons:  a little pricey but you get what you pay for.

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General Buick Tech / Re: IAC going down

« on: May 22 2020, 11:55:01 AM »

I would open it up and let it breathe easier at this point.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Is Earl still making front covers?

« on: May 13 2020, 01:21:01 PM »

That's a good link to have!  I already see some stuff I need.

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Transmissions / Re: Torque Converter Lock-up speed

« on: March 28 2020, 06:46:58 PM »

45 is what Eric's chips are normally set at.  Don't know what I was thinking when I ordered that chip!

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Transmissions / Torque Converter Lock-up speed

« on: March 28 2020, 12:14:00 PM »

I have been driving my car lately after replacing my broken bumper fillers and notice that the torque converter is locking up at 70 mph.  It seems a little high for me driving unless at interstate speeds.  I believe the stock lock up speed is 48 mph.  Does anyone have any opinions for what speed might be best for street driving?

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General Buick Tech / Re: Winter Maintenance

« on: February 18 2020, 06:12:49 PM »

good work

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General Buick Tech / Re: oil question

« on: February 18 2020, 06:08:53 PM »

very informative thread

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Happy Birthday, David!

« on: January 17 2020, 12:27:27 PM »

Happy Birthday!!!

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: rebuilding my turbo

« on: December 29 2019, 09:15:33 AM »

I had to search for:"A "Voith" spiral turbine (9000 hp ) built in Germany for a powerplant in Norway. Taken in 1931."  Used to make hydro-power up to 6 MW.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Thanks to Mark and Jeremy for helping with my site posting.

« on: December 11 2019, 12:16:30 PM »

I am glad to hear it.  I thought Mark was already hosting it?

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Kills And Thrills / Re: My '09 CTS-V's quest for RWHP & RWTQ

« on: November 27 2019, 05:25:11 PM »

RIP Charlie and Gary.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: GM pickups

« on: November 23 2019, 06:53:47 PM »

Elon Musk resurrected the Pontiac Aztec for some unknown reason.  I think it looks like shit.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: GM pickups

« on: November 20 2019, 12:25:06 PM »

It's a truck, for God's sake.  Put a layer of mud and work on it and you will never know what it looks like.  I swear.  You guys are a bunch of drug store cowboys.  I hope it never gets scratched in the mall parking lot as I am sure you will need mental health care days off.

I have a 2018 Chevy Z71 4 x 4 that I will never go off road with and have to use the 4 wheel drive.  Sad but true.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Is it getting crowded Steve?

« on: November 20 2019, 12:22:08 PM »

What's even better is when people use Snopes to fact check.