Recent content by n20junkie

I dont know any buick specific rebuilders. I recomend finding someone, even if its a bit of a drive, ie a few states away to do a rebuild. You can get a local guy to do the engine, but it won't last long. I have had a rash of issues locally with friends engines. I personally have a GN drag car...

Grand Island. Been out of the TB stuff for a few years. Older and getting back into it. See: Western New York Turbo Buicks

Yea, it was a huge surprise for me as well. At first your like "why isn't this welding good" then you hear the plop plop of metal hitting the floorpan. Not fun at all.

Yea, bought it brand new from full throttle. Its at the shop, but I think its version 2.61 actually.

injectors? Stock Chip? Postons (old school) Settings? DIPS: on on on off (stock) Base: 4 (10 percent lean 3" maf, but all positions checked) WOT: every position tried, none work correctly, it just sits there and coughs blak smoke at WOT. Exactly which MAF do you have? FULL THROTTLE...

We installed a Translator and LT1 MAF in a 87 yesterday, and set it up per the instructions, and it runs like total crap. I have test driven this for 2 hours, tried every setting possible, and it has a bad tip in stumble, and if you go from mid to WOT it just flat out falls on its face and is...

Looking for a Terry Houston Down pipe, in good condition. Needed fast, thanks. Grant

looks like my cessna

I put them on top becasue thats where they looked good, and easy access for adjustments.

Sorry, i havn't done any stage stuff yet, mabe some day.

All metals react with oxygen, when heated to a certain temptarture (around red hot) they will rapidly react with oxygen. Depending on the heat and materail it may be required to fill the tubes with an inert gas similar to the shielding gas that the TIG torch uses to prevent this combonation...

The ones in the pictures are just mild, so they didn't get purged, the stainless ones I made did get back purged, some guys will use solar flux, but theres nothing better than back purgine them. Thanks for the complements

Those are t63e's off of bill andersons old car, those headers are 1 3/4 primaries mild steel, the ones that i'm running on that engine are 2 in 304 stainless and even nicer. I have heard about the housings, and being that those housings are small, i think that the tang housings are a sure thing...

http://grantfarmerracing.com/MOUNTEDTURBOSHIGHREAR.JPG http://grantfarmerracing.com/WASTEGATECLOSE.JPG http://grantfarmerracing.com/MOUNTEDTURBOSHIGHFRONT2.JPG http://grantfarmerracing.com/MOUTEDTURBOS.JPG I thought some of you guys that are into the fabrication part of racing would like...

no, sorry, i was too dam busy making the dam thing, it was a real bum rush at the end, when i get some i will post for sure. Grant