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I’m pretty good with preventative maintenance (I actually just replaced the Alky pump again with Razor’s new one), but I’ve been very hesitant to “fix what ain’t broke” with my old Walbro 255 that’s been working absolutely perfect. Tank only sees 93 octane at or above half full. Car gets run and...

Next time you have it running bump the orange fusible link wire coming off the battery terminal that powers the ECM and see if it dies out. They develop an internal connection break from bouncing for 35 years (ask me how I know).

Installing dual Air Lift bag kit purchased from GbodyParts. I have the Pypes 2.5in stainless dual exhaust. I would say the closest they get to the springs is 1.5 inches. Air bag kit comes with exhaust heat shields, do you guys think they are necessary? Not too lazy to install it's just that they...

X2. Love my built V6 too and I understand how the Buick motor is sort of the 'soul' of the car, but if I break it I'm going LS. To quote what someone else posted on a similar thread once, don't remember who it was: "LS motor, plug and play. 109 motor, plug and pray."

Lap the oil pump cover flat/smooth with fine grained sandpaper on a piece of glass.

I had a similar situation as yours. My heat soaked idle oil pressure was terrible, 6lbs with 20-50 oil. By the way this does not really mean anything as long as past idle it makes at or over the 10lbs per 1000rpm (mine was well over). That being said it bothered me so I removed the pump cover...

Dry it is, thank you gentleman!

Ordered a Cometic for the oil pan, haven't had good 'luck' with cork or Right Stuff. Looking for recommendations/experience. I've been hedging toward spraying the pan side with Permatex Copper Spray and leaving the block side dry (after cleaning both with brake cleaner). Thanks guys.

X2 regarding the breather/grommet/valve covers. I have those same valve covers with roller rockers but larger breathers. They were making a big mess on both sides. Biggest problem was the breathers were not fitting tight enough in the grommets, and oil was actually leaking from around them under...

While you're going through all the basics, I would start with a fuel pump (255 LPH), fuel filter, fuel pump 'hotwire' kit, adjustable fuel pressure regulator, fuel pressure rail guage, and Turbo Tweak chip from Full Throttle Speed. Correct fuel pressure is extremely important when tuning for...

Welcome Dr. Stock internals can easily handle 19-20 of boost on a stock turbo, but that is not the real issue. Have you started reading any tuning threads? If the car is not setup and tuned properly for higher than stock boost levels, it will cause knock (pre-ignition/detonation) which will...

Thanks guys I'm going to give it a shot. Hey Earl?; My front cover oil pump bores are not so hot. I PM'd you a couple of times a month or so ago. Do you still sell blueprinted front covers with you're modded oil pump?

Considering drilling the extra hole in the front cover that Earl recommends, but I have read there are concerns about the pump losing prime if it sits for a long period of time. My car sits for up to 3 months without running during the winter. Anyone done this mod and had problems losing prime?

X2, This is the one I have: https://www.ryobitools.com/phoneworks/inspection-scope/

Cracked intake manifold leaking coolant into the air intake area?

Here is a better alternative to the club. Thieves just cut the steering wheel instead of the hardened club. Takes seconds, there are videos of it. https://www.autozone.com/alarm-and-security/security-lock/autozone-brake-pedal-lock/348033_0_0 It locks the brake pedal in the up position using...

Converter is still available.

TORQUE CONVERTER - Dusty Bradford's PTC 2800 10 inch LU Converter LOCAL PICKUP ONLY - Villa Park, IL - $250 Firm Purchased and installed about 6 years ago. Approximately 5000 miles on it and about 50 1/4 mile passes. Only tried locking at WOT once at the track, knew it was slipping so I never...

LOL. Well I think it did originally come with an extra set of the 3 bolts to the flywheel that I don't know what I did with, but other than that it's all there. .