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    Factory brakes/calipers rattle over every bump.

    Kinda annoying when taking friend's for rides and it sounds like a model T Ford over every little bump in the road. Kinda ruins the bad ass car vibe! So before I tear into it, what wears out, is it the slides or the bolts or? Any advice on where to get service parts? I've already replaced the...
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    So Who Thinks It's Time...

    ...That this car lives again?? I know it looks like an archeologic find but that's really only about 3 years worth of dust at my shop in Costa Mesa. History goes something like this: I heard thru a friend of a friend in about 2009 that a spine surgeon in Florida was moving his practice and...
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    How Much For a Good Stock Turbo Crank?

    I've been out of touch with the TurboSix world for a while, it seems the rest of life got in the way... Anyway, I'm having a motor 'gone thru' that was supposedly 'professionally built' about 10 years ago. It came in an 87T type 'parts' car(no title or paperwork, good luck with that in Cali)...
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    So Who Was It At Cars&Coffee This am(Dec 10th)?

    I didn't see your ultra clean GN at the show, I was under strict marching orders from the boss to be home by 730 so I had to race thru the lot chugging my coffee & breakfast burrito. After leaving somehow I ended up at the looooong 5 southbound onramp behind your GN. I was in the little silver...
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    Rafael V Does Us Proud!

    Some may rember a few months back when a writer from a major online 'publication' (maybe the biggest?) Edmunds.com was looking for a clean original 87 GN to do a then-and-now comparo to the 2011 Turbo Regal. Ralph stepped up in a big way and made time in his schedule to drive his clean unmodded...
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    Eibach Springs now Too Low

    So my 87 had some funky springs in it when I got it, it sat low, like 3" below stock and scraping the chin spoiler way to often:frown: Along the way I ended up with with an 87 T type parts car that had red Eibach progressive coil springs on it. THe backs got changed out when I swapped the rear...
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    Made In India??

    Why would a well respected vendor here that I have bought lots custom parts off of send out motor/trans mounts that are made in India?:mad: The rubber in these things isnt even rubber, it's some sort of overly stiff petroleum waste product that breaks down way too quickly. I've tried parts store...
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    Lets Talk Convertors and Flex Plates

    So I've been hearing that the stock flexplate is a weak link, how weak and to what power level can it go reliably? When they break do they just crack the bolts loose or does it take out the whole bellhouse and trans? Lets say I had a really well built motor around 500WHP, and a beefy trans...
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    Grrr, Check Engine Light, likey causes?

    So I'm making progress with the new to me TR (86 T type GNX clone), fixed a couple leaks( still the trans cooler lines to replace:redface:) worked with the paint, got some refurbished GTA rims from a great Ebay seller (Rodzgnautoparts, Jesse is his name:cool:) All in all good progress. Driving...
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    ScanMaster How Much KR is Too Much?

    Car is fairly new to me so I'm still figuring out the nuances with it. 87 GN FMIC, Exhaust, headers, CAI but stock internals. Running safely at 9-10PSI boost for now, ScanMaster is showing 800-820 at WOT but I've seen up to 6.3 degrees of knock retard:redface: Why should I see any at that level...
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