Recent content by mhelli1975

I have a similar problem with my car. I am running a 15x8 wheel with 275/60R15 BFGoodrich Drag Radial. I was running aluminum drums and switched back to the cast iron drums and that moved my tire/wheel in 1/8". It had a real bad problem when I first bought the car due to the old tired...

I have the Prostars, I think they are a timeless look. My father-in-law had the Draglites on his '87 GN and in my opinion didn't look right. Matter of fact he didn't like them either, they came with the car when he bought it. Utlimately, the guy with the cash in his hand has final say. There...

I had a similar problem about three years ago. Switched to the vacuum brake set-up from a Monte Carlo and have had no problems since. I am still running drums on the back, so I can't comment on how it would work with discs all around. The hardest part with the swap was finding the pedal assembly.

Slowly but surely making progress

Are those Bell Tech springs the ones with the 1" drop? If it isn't too much trouble do you have a picture. Thanks for your time and information. Matt

Does your car have stock rear springs or has it been lowered? I would love to fit a 295 in the rear.

I am trying to fill up the wheelwell and not have it looked like it is tucked in too far. Most of the rears i've seen on the forum are in the 4 1/2 to 4 3/4 variety. I ended up finding some American racing 17x8 and 17x9 just need to find out the backspacing, they are from an 1978 El Camino.

Thanks for the link...very helpful. Answered a lot of questions for me. Thanks again. Matt

Thanks for the response. Not really wanting to do this twice. I have removed the rear trim and it has a mild roll on the fenders. and the tire i would be running would be a 275. Would you be able to post a picture or send me one.

I have trolled through the wheel and tire section for quite a while and also used the search function with no luck...I apologize in advance if this has been discussed. I am looking to swap out my current 15" wheels for a 17x8 front and 17x9.5 rear combo. All of the wheels that i have seen have a...

I will ge making the trip up to Metro for the final leg. I didn't realize you were so close. Stopped there the last time they came through (it was the lunch stop on the way to Dayton). I will have the 87 GN.

used all of the parts for my install last year and it took longer to crawl up under the dash and remove the pedal assembly than anything else, but overall not a big deal. Hardest part for me was finding a vacuum brake pedal. Ended up getting one from a cutlass at a salvage yard near by. I...

Are the valve covers as cast or are they the powdercoated ones? I am assuming the breathers are similar to the K&N press in style.

Valve covers What would you need to get out of the valve covers without shipping? I live in Lorain about 20 minutes from North Ridgeville and could pick them up. Matt

thanks for the info Thanks for the information Mike. People like you are what make this board the place to be for information on the Turbo Buicks. Keep up the good work with FullThrottle, your shipping is amazingly fast and you take the time to answer questions. Nowadays that type of service...