Raymond Bunch
"Turbo Enthusiast"
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2002
Hey guys/Gals - Just got it via UPS and it was installed last night in about 3 hours. I didn't want to start it up or anything until today though, didn't want to wake up my neighbors with all the excitement. I also just wanted to make sure everything was buttoned up properly the next morning. It's alway's good to take a break and re-evaluate after a long day's work and then fiddling with the car:wink:
Anyhow before someone ask.... I did not port the wastegate hole. I figured this car will always be set on kill mode, so if I ran 25-30 PSI consistantly I was good with it. Obviously, I will take my time and watch all the gauges and scan master very closely.
Well, the first drive today was amazing. To be safe before the actual drive, I added some fuel to the chip and turned up the Alky, after going into the black box and advancing the factory settings a hair. Afterwards, I turn the gain knob on the PAC back to 6, timing was 24 - 22. I also still had the 28x10.5 MT slicks on from a previous track outing. I never take them off any how believe it or not. I drive close to 100 mi round trip, race then drive back home. Car 60ft 1.52 - 1.58 too:smile: I hope to continue to do this with all the new power I just tapped into...
Anyhow, I rolled into it to be safe, there was absolutly no turbo lag what so ever, this thing spooled very fast with my 2800-3000 vigalante stall. I felt the torque convertor lock up and holy crap. TT set it too lock up at 75mph, I could not believe how much faster this car was than with the TE-44. I looked over at the boost gauge and it was rock solid at 27-28 psi! I had just 1.6 knock while I was in it. I'll give it a little more alky, possibly more fuel and be done with it.
On a side note: With the TE-44 the car (Full weight, AC, front/Rear sway bars still on, stock shocks and springs) ran 7.1-7.2 consistantly in the 1/8. I'm hoping to see some 6's this Fri-Sat when I go to the Arm Drop Live in Mobile, AL The guy from Pink All Out (Rich) is starting a new show I guess and will be there doing his thing. More than anything, I just wanted to represent the Turbo Buick community while having fun. Good news is, it's limited to only 200 cars, I might just have a chance.
I'm not talking this turbo up, with the right mods, tuning of course who know what the limit of this turbo is in our cars.
My mods are - 62-65 turbo, 205-210 Comp roller cam, GN1's, Kenny Bell Roller Rockers, intake port matched, 60lb Motrons and TT Chip, Poston Header, Extream Automatics Stage 2, Vigalante 2800-3000 stall, Precision FMIC, 70MM throttle Body, Precision 70MM Plenum, Razor Single Nozzle ALKY Inj, Fat/Skinny Convo Pros, stock suspenion with air bags!
I'll let everyone know how the turbo performs this Sunday....Hopefully I wont break something:wink:
Ray
Anyhow before someone ask.... I did not port the wastegate hole. I figured this car will always be set on kill mode, so if I ran 25-30 PSI consistantly I was good with it. Obviously, I will take my time and watch all the gauges and scan master very closely.
Well, the first drive today was amazing. To be safe before the actual drive, I added some fuel to the chip and turned up the Alky, after going into the black box and advancing the factory settings a hair. Afterwards, I turn the gain knob on the PAC back to 6, timing was 24 - 22. I also still had the 28x10.5 MT slicks on from a previous track outing. I never take them off any how believe it or not. I drive close to 100 mi round trip, race then drive back home. Car 60ft 1.52 - 1.58 too:smile: I hope to continue to do this with all the new power I just tapped into...
Anyhow, I rolled into it to be safe, there was absolutly no turbo lag what so ever, this thing spooled very fast with my 2800-3000 vigalante stall. I felt the torque convertor lock up and holy crap. TT set it too lock up at 75mph, I could not believe how much faster this car was than with the TE-44. I looked over at the boost gauge and it was rock solid at 27-28 psi! I had just 1.6 knock while I was in it. I'll give it a little more alky, possibly more fuel and be done with it.
On a side note: With the TE-44 the car (Full weight, AC, front/Rear sway bars still on, stock shocks and springs) ran 7.1-7.2 consistantly in the 1/8. I'm hoping to see some 6's this Fri-Sat when I go to the Arm Drop Live in Mobile, AL The guy from Pink All Out (Rich) is starting a new show I guess and will be there doing his thing. More than anything, I just wanted to represent the Turbo Buick community while having fun. Good news is, it's limited to only 200 cars, I might just have a chance.
I'm not talking this turbo up, with the right mods, tuning of course who know what the limit of this turbo is in our cars.
My mods are - 62-65 turbo, 205-210 Comp roller cam, GN1's, Kenny Bell Roller Rockers, intake port matched, 60lb Motrons and TT Chip, Poston Header, Extream Automatics Stage 2, Vigalante 2800-3000 stall, Precision FMIC, 70MM throttle Body, Precision 70MM Plenum, Razor Single Nozzle ALKY Inj, Fat/Skinny Convo Pros, stock suspenion with air bags!
I'll let everyone know how the turbo performs this Sunday....Hopefully I wont break something:wink:
Ray
