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Before I owned my Buick I had a 1971 Lemans. I did quite an extensive restoration on it. A friend is embarking on a similar project so I wrote it up for him to look at. I thought it might be of interest in this forum. The restoration page is located here.

I hope the 2 are not related. The starter died and I replaced it. The car cranks twice as fast as the old one did and everything seems fine. It was fixed over a week ago. Today, I sold the car to a guy and he calls me up not 5 minutes from my house and says the car won't start up again...

For the first time ever, my car decided not to start. There was no warning, the previous starts were absolutely normal. When I tried to crank there was no click from the solenoid at all. I had it towed home. I hit the starter and solenoid with a hammer and it started fine. After several...

This is a highly optioned car. You can check it out here After I posted the web page I remembered a couple of things I missed, it has a Walbro 340 fuel pump and an adjustable fuel pressure regulator. The car is in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Asking price is $13750 CAD. All stock parts are...

I have never taken my pistons out, are the pins full floating or pressed into the rod? The other thing I was wondering is if the pin is offset from the bore centerline or are they right on center? TIA

I saw a good deal on some rims from a 2001 F body but I have no idea if they will fit or not. I think the bolt pattern is the same but I am not sure about offsets and such.

I have a heavily optioned Turbo T (1987). I have always felt that since most GNs have fewer options (speaking in general terms) that my car should be worth what a typical GN is worth. I also have 65000 miles on it. Am I totally wrong?

This is probably my all time favourite patch. Since I had been spending so much time making my boost controller I wanted to be able to verify what my boost spike was without always needing a laptop. The following patch is very short and sweet. It also assumes you have a boost sensing...

I have swapped many many parts now and even changed injectors to find a rough miss at idle. I really think its a vacuum leak on the under side of the intake. I changed the intake gasket last winter and everything seemed fine but I slowly developed this miss over the summer. I have swapped...

There is a good deal on a local SVT convertible Mustang and I wanted to know more about it. No I am not selling my Buick before anyone asks. I need a newer summer car for days when the Buick stays home. Any good sites out there? Thanks.

I want to know more about LS1s. I have heard of LS1 Edit but I can't find who sells it. Is it expensive, what can it do, etc. I was thinking of getting one but I want to be able to tune it myself. After doing my own Buick's chips I do not want to be at the mercy of some expensive tuning...

I have been chasing an idle miss. It randomly stumbles while idling, open or closed loop idle does not affect it at all. As soon as I touch the gas, all is well. At 800 RPM there is no problem. At 700 RPM its pretty bad. I have replaced the MAF (I have an extender) coil pack, coils...

I got a new computer and got nothing in the way of software to go with the DVD burner. I guess I will have to break down and buy something. I have a proper version of NERO 5 that came with a CD burner but it refuses to recognize the DVD burner, only the CD burner. What software should I...

I swapped in some Blue Tops after using 30# injectors and the idle just won't act smoothly, I have swapped everything, IAC, MAF, module, coils, wires, plugs, etc. These were used injectors and although I had them cleaned I think their spray pattern is lousy. My previous Accel 30#ers idled...

A guy at work wants to protect his car with an alarm that has a GPS function that can somehow notify him where the car is. I know Viper sells one like this but you have use their service. I want a system that can make a cell phone call and deliver location data or even a text message every so...

My car drives fine, it just has what I would call a weak idle. It seems to miss randomly about every 10 seconds, very occasionally stalls. I had this once before, it was a coil going bad. I have a Type II ignition I got from a junk yard with unknown miles and it has worked great for about a...

I have a 3" LT1 style MAF and I was planning to move it to the up pipe. I found a nice tight aluminum mandrel bend for a new pipe. I know I have asked this about a year ago but cannot find the post. What size adapters do I need? I was at a shop that had 2.5 to 3" silicone adaptors but...

Where can I get silcone hose in 7/32" size as used for the waste gate tubing without having to buy the whole WG "Y" thing?

I am thinking of buying one, I figure has to be some good Chevelle, Cutlass, Skylark, and Lemans boards out there.

I know Casper's device is out there for starting a car with a dead sensor. Is there a programming change that can be made where a "get-me-home" chip could somehow get the car running in batch-mode and get me going again?