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    A kill of a different kind

    I live near St Louis, when the Cardinals was in the World Series 2 years ago, i was sitting at home having a few beers, watchin them get beat. I went to bed after there was no chance of them winning. About 11:30pm, a friend called. He ran outta gas on the highway after partying all night, asked...
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    machine work in IL

    I have 13700 on mine after rebuild, still running strong. I had a friend do mine in Cahokia near St Louis. I took him all the specs and tolerances. He cut me a deal cause ive known him a long time, he also did my duttweiler neck for my intercooler.
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    1987 Grand National near St Louis for sale

    1987 Buick Grand National. 13,700 miles on rebuilt engine and transmission. TE-44 turbo, 50lb injectors, RJC power plate, Champion GN-1 aluminum heads and ported intake, LT-1 MAF and translator, Duttweiler neck on intercooler, billet center main caps, TRW forged pistons, Edelbrock 204/214 cam...
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    1987 Grand National near St Louis

    I forgot, also includes a laptop with turbolink
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    1987 Grand National near St Louis

    1987 Buick Grand National, 115,753 miles, 9200 miles on rebuilt engine and transmission. TE-44 turbo, GN1 aluminum heads, ported intake, Duttweiler neck on stock intercooler, Turbo Saver oil filter kit, RJC power plate, 204/214 cam, billet center main caps, ARP head studs, rod and main bolts...
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    Valve Body Replacement

    I bought a tranny from Bowtie Overdrives, its not a GN tranny. Its built for 600hp but it doesnt shift right. I was wondering whats involved in just replacing the valve body outta my original tranny into this tranny. The factory valve body has a shift kit already. How hard will this be with the...
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    Test Pipe

    Anyone bought a test pipe from RMT Performance off of E-Bay? If so, do they fit well?? I need 3" test pipe.
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    Shops that can rebuild motors in STL area

    Cahokia Shop I had a friend of mine do my engine. If you hung at Gateway in the 70's and 80's, uve probably seen him. Bob Cunningham is his name. Ive got 10,000 miles on my engine now, with no problems. I did research on here for all the necessary rebuild specs, i explained to him the problems...
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    Valve Body Swap

    I bought a 200r4 from Bowtie Overdrives, its doin good, but the shift points arent right, gonna swap my factory valve body into it, which had a shift kit installed already. Im just wondering about check balls falling out when removing and where they should be when i replace the valve body. This...
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    Are they cruising in Fenton tonight??

    The cruise at the old Fenton Kmart still going on??
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    G-body meet --- St. Louis

    Whats the best way to get to Creve Coeur park from Belleville il? I need directions!!!
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    G-body meet --- St. Louis

    Ill be there if its on for sure!!
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    filling up w/ gas problem

    My car does this too, im not sure about these tanks, but some have a check ball in them to prevent fuel spillage in case of a rollover, id imagine this restricts flow a bit, just guessing here though!!
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    Illinois Emissions Test Requirements

    I just got my car tested, and it passed, Whew!!!! Anyway, Illinois runs your car on a dyno. They take an emissions sample at 34mph and 57mph, and take a composite reading of the 2 tests. Hydrocarbons standard is 1.051 grams and CO standard is 10.715 grams. They also check your gas cap for...
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    How to pass emissions

    IM about to get my car tested, im in Illinois and my car will be run on a dyno while being tested, any advice? IM running a 204/214 cam, 50lb injectors, catalytic convertor is brand new, no EGR valve, 3000 stall. I wont be driving it on the dyno, so u think unhooking the turbo linkage will help...
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