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Okay, before I crack open my dashboard and rip the cluster out - my speedometer works, but the odometers do not. Probable causes could be the odometer motor or geartrain, correct? Anybody ever had to deal with this? I have a donor gauge cluster from a 1989 Firebird, and the mileage is...

Saw an ad in the paper for a 56K '87 T-type, ad said it was pretty much mint and he only asked for 8500. Well, my TTA is still inactive, needs brakes, body work and a lot of other sundry items, so I called him up and inquired if he would like to trade...? He used to own a TTA way back when...

I had this thought as a sense of humour, sort of "if you can't laugh at yourself then you shouldn't be driving it" sort of thing. -You consider changing a head gasket as a rite of passage for ownership. -You've ever considered sealing your t-tops shut to keep the water out. That or actually...

Stock acceleration times in third gear from 60 to 120, anyone? Saw a modded car do it in ten seconds or so, pretty cool how we don't have to downshift and grab geras and rev the crud out of our engines in order to begin accelerating darn quick... Not bad for an eighteen-year-old car with a...

Saw a clip on Youtube of a third-gear acceleration run from 60 to 120 in a TTA. Scanmaster showed a bit of knock retard, a few degrees. Around ten seconds to do it. Yipee. I'll have to find it, but if anyone knows, who's car and what mods? Anyone else do third-gear 60-120 puls? What...

Since my car has no plates, it pretty much sits. I notice that if it sits for awhile without running, I get smoke off of the crossover pipe. Looking at it, I have oil slowly dripping out of the rear main seal onto the pipe where it burns off and smells like Hell. If I let the car run for a...

I received my Translator, LS1 LAF and Scanmaster in the mail. I managed to mock up the MAF connections using the stock cloth/spring MAF hose and two 3-3.5 inch adapters, and using the stock air filter box and elbow. I really should take some pictures. It looks hideous. :eek: At least my...

Anyone have any decent shots of a TTA on the move? Autocross, road course, 1/4 mile? I have plenty of parked pictures, I'd like to see one performing, so I have some inspiration to go fix mine, instead of letting it sit still.

Stock car. 108k miles. What are the must-have items? I already have Scanmaster and Translator/LS1 MAF on my list.

Anyone play either of the cheesy Hot Rod games the put out for the PC? They have a Turbo Buick in there, (as well as a Monte Carlo and lots of other 'classic' muscle cars) and it's cheap fun taking a junky car and turnign it into an eight-second monster - only problem, is every car comes with...

I like gleaning nice pictures off of Ebay, so I found SIX TTA's for bid on ebay today. Dang, is it a seller's market or what? Any comments on how the buy/sell thing works on these cars? (I got my beater for 7k...)

I'm gong to turn in my plates and not drive my car for a time. Maybe a year, possibly more. Any tips for storage, how often should I turn the engine over, how much fuel can i leave in the tank, those sort of concerns. Already have a car cover, and it'll be under a carport.

Based off of some troubleshooting I'e done, I'm going with the LS1-Translator MAF set-up. Unplugging my stock MAF improved running a lot - still ran sort of rough, but I imagine it would anyway. Doesn't like running cold without the MAF data, though... Any thoughts on how much better the...

Okay, driving all of two miles home today, and Code 13 popped up, following the car suddenly bogging and running like total crap. WTH? I thought I was done with this mess... :mad: MAF reading is well over sixty, even though I can't get the car to run for anything, can't even get it to spin...

Anyone's car jacked up by burning it? I'm wondering if my car troubles are due to this 10% Ethanol crud I'm filling my car with - or am I delusional and we've had it all along? I'm just now seeing the stickers everywhere. However, it's just alcohol, right? Why would this be a bad thing for...

Okay, part two... Would a fouled O2 sensor fool the computer into thinking that it was running super-duper lean, and thus make it dump lots of fuel, fouling plugs and stuff? My month-old (maybe two) plugs are, like, Gothic-BLACK. I unplugged the MAF and let it idle in my carport for a good...

Aloha, I only had the honor of meeting Rob and Derek (when he was still here), so I dont' know anyone else, but my TTA is running like tota crap, and it happened all of a great sudden, so I'm wondering if a sensor (probably MAF...shrug) up and died on me. I don't have a scanmaster, so I was...

Long post. Sorry, but I tend to be very verbose about things. I guess when I replaced my driver's front tire Monday with a KDW, some juju in the car didn't like it. Tuesday, I noticed that the car was running a bit rough in the morning. Went home for lunch, and the car was running rougher...

Thinking about buying a core motor and building it up from sctatch, so when I need to, I can just drop it in and go, then I can rebuild the motor that I had to yank out. So, what are the various opinions and facts surrounding camshaft choices? Would I need a different cam in order to run...

I always reset the travel odometer when I top off, so I can figure out how crummy my gas mileage is (I average 19 to 20 MPG). However, 14.6 miles after I did that, I guess it gave up the ghost and neither odometer spins anymore. Resetting the travel odometer didn't do anything but reset it...