Hi Fellow Turbo Owners!! I recently purchased a very rough 87 Grand National that didn't run for $1000. After piddling with off and on for about 10-12 hours total me and my friends discovered the previous owner wired the Control Module wrong and had the Cam Sensor 180 degress out of time. After correcting these problems the car started instantly. The car hadn't been run in 2 years prior to this. Anyways the car has been in Germany for at least 6 years and the salt hasn't been kind to the doors, rocker panels, and rear fender wells. However the interior is in pretty good condition and th engine seems ok. Here are the major problems I am hoping all the other experienced owners can help with are:
The car wants to idle high, say around 2000 rpm, I get the brake light when I apply the brakes and then the pedal gets real hard having to apply a whole lot of pressure to stop it, the engine is lazy on the bottom end but begins to pull decent around 20 mph (it want do a burnout power braking), and the heater controls don't work, AC Compressor does though. The car has the PowerMaster brake system, I guess that's a pretty much standard on theses cars, the previous had a brake booster and Master cylinder so I assume he was gonna convert it. Is this a hard conversion and is it worth the hassle.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
The car wants to idle high, say around 2000 rpm, I get the brake light when I apply the brakes and then the pedal gets real hard having to apply a whole lot of pressure to stop it, the engine is lazy on the bottom end but begins to pull decent around 20 mph (it want do a burnout power braking), and the heater controls don't work, AC Compressor does though. The car has the PowerMaster brake system, I guess that's a pretty much standard on theses cars, the previous had a brake booster and Master cylinder so I assume he was gonna convert it. Is this a hard conversion and is it worth the hassle.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.