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I've been toying around with the idea of turboing my engine (I have a full setup that I could bolt on and get working) but am a bit confused by contradicting information I hear and am hoping for some clarification. I like the way my buggy drives right now on the low end (I can lug it around a...

I finally got an oil pressure gauge in my buggy and found the proper sending unit for it just before our trip to the dunes this past weekend and am wondering what it should be at. In the morning at cold start it was around 70 psi, after warming up it was around 40 at idle and 60-70 at 3500-4500...

I took the buggy out this past weekend and the last ride started hearing a knock so pulled the valve cover on the side with the noise once I got it home and 1 of the plastic rocker arm retainers let go. There was 1 rocker arm off and the other one for that cylinder the push rod is bent in 2...

I've decided that since I could pick up the motor and tranny that my turbo setup was on for $50 more that I'm going to do that instead of swapping the turbo onto my 1984 NA motor. It's out of a 1979 turbo Regal and supposedly only has 80k miles on it. I've been reading past posts trying to...

I'm wondering if there is a way to figure out what redline would be for my motor? I was told it has a different cam in it, but don't know anything about it, it has a Weiand Smokey Yumick intake on it and pulls strong to 4500 and seems like it has a bit left but I haven't dared push much above...

I am new to these motors and as the title entails I have recently purchased a dune buggy that is powered by a 1984 Buick Grand National motor (non turbo currently) that has some work done to it. The problem I have is I don't know what kind of work has been done internally, i.e. what can is in...