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    power steering pump?

    Where is the best place to source a power steering pump? Mine decided to start making all sorts of noise with the colder weather. Are the autozone re manufactured ones worth buying?
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    Turbo options with re-stalled d5?

    At a point in my build where I am not sure what direction to go. This year I upgraded my heads to champion irons but I didn't gain any mph over the stock heads in the quarter. With the stock heads and te44 it trapped at 116 @ 25psi and with ported heads it trapped 116 @ 22psi but when turning up...
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    0 GAINS AT THE STRIP AFTER $1000 SPENT

    So last year with my stock irons I ran a 116mph in the quarter @ 24lbs boost This year I bolted some champion irons on and @ 24lbs boost still 116mph trap. I tried fueling changes,timing changes,and that was the max boost the te44 would push....still 116.52 all other variables were the...
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    BUILD QUESTION

    Getting ready to order a turbo tweak wideband 6.1 chip for the buick. I run race fuel for extra protection and have alky hooked up for cooling properties. My question is when ordering the new chip, since im using race fuel anyways, would I be better off eliminating the alky all together or...
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    Lost powerlogger disc

    Just moved into a new house and somehow the disc for my laptop to run the power logger came up missing.Anyone have a suggestion on where to pick-up another? Thanks
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    Top mph of the gn?

    Anybody know what kind of top speeds you can hit in a gn with some mods? mine blinks at 85.lol. Since I am trapping at 116 or more in drive I assume there is another 30 or so mph to be gained in over drive?so is 150+ possible? Also....is it better to go to a larger turbo for street racing...
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    Wideband numbers?

    How much are you seeing your wideband numbers fluctuate during WOT and what is considered normal? Like say you are shooting for 10.9 at wot.....do u shoot for +/- .3 or .4 since it bounces around some? And what would be seen as too much fluctuation? I am shooting for 10.8 but the powerlogger...
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    Turbo teak 6.0/6.1 chip

    Any downsides to the 6.0 chip? I was thinking about getting a chip/injector combo since I already have a powerlogger and it seems from reading about it that the wideband tracking would be an awesome feature. Seems like everytime I add/subract boost or alky i am doing highway blasts with the...
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    F-body radiator question

    Does anyone know what size adapters you need to hook the transmission lines up to the f-body radiator?
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    Fuel injector question

    Still chasing my high blm's,put a new set of spark plugs in it and drove around,then I pulled them out to read them and i noticed one of them didnt have any carbon deposits on it like the other ones,it almosted looked new,so i looked at the fuel injector harness and the wires for the plug for...
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    Help with high blm's

    Just changed heads on my car got all the problems worked out but the high blm's. I have zipp tied all the vaccum hoses not seeing any leaks that route.new header gaskets seem to be sealing fine so prob not exhaust leak. Here are the symptoms for you doctors..... BLM's start at 142 at idle...
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    Turbo tweak chip question

    Finally got the car out on the highway after bolting on the Champion ported irons and while using the chip I had from the stock heads the wideband showed 14.0 at only 20lbs boost and I backed out immediatly.I had to add 18% fuel just to get the o2's to get under 11.0 at WOT which is usually my...
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    Running horrible after installing heads?

    Got a set of champion irons this winter and put them on last week.Fired it up today for the first time and it is running aweful.it isnt idleing well like it has a miss and when i tried driving it down the street it wanted to stall a few times and i had to feather the gas to keep it going.Only...
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    Stock turbo,downpipe,intercooler

    Selling the stock parts I removed when I upgraded.Off a 60k car,still in good condition.Comes with turbo with waste gate,intercooler with hoses,and downpipe with elbow.First $325.00 shipped.Paypal only.
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    Anything wrong with this cam set?

    Would this cam set be ok to put in my turbo buick? I have some coupons and summit bucks to use up before the end of the month and since I am doing a champion head swap anyways I figured the timming chain should be replaced from the stocker also and while im in there I could pull the cam.Since...
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    I need some basic q's answered

    I have searched on the site and came up with different answers to the same question so I will ask for myself. What intake gasket is used for the champion ported iron heads? I have read standard stock-1200-or 1200 with added oil deflector? In reguards to the champion irons do you have to...
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    Just heads to stock block?

    My plans for spring were to add a roller cam and some ported irons....well,I got the heads but came up short on the roller set-up for now. Question is,is there a performance gain just swapping to ported heads with the stock cam and intake?I usually run around 26lbs of boost so I would assume it...
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    Need some help with winter build

    I did pretty good for my first year with the car and reached my goal of getting into the elevens with my stock motor.....but of course i wanna go faster.lol. I pretty much have all the little bolt ons covered so I assume I have to start getting into the motor a little.I just got a set of...
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    Intercooler upgrade question

    What is the determining factor in when to upgrade your intercooler?Do you look for high intake air temps? Do you get restricted in the amount of boost you can run? Do you see air temps to high before the alky is sprayed? So far my stocker took me to 22lb boost limit.So I added the dutt neck and...
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    Thanks everyone...got in the 11's!!!!!!!

    Got my tune right and found a dragstrip with cold air and found my way into the 11's with alky and a te44 60ft-1.71 1/8th-7.50 at 91.74 1/4mile-11.69 at 116.52 Thanks to everyone who answered all my questions....im sure I will have more since I still dont know a whole lot about these...
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