IHADAV8.com - Turbo Buick Tech, and Nonsense
Tech Area => General Buick Tech => Topic started by: good2win22 on July 07 2015, 11:26:28 AM
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Anybody use a set of these? Look extremely similiar to TA's at about half the price.
http://www.buickgn.com/headers.htm (http://www.buickgn.com/headers.htm)
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Jason...there's a ton of knockoff stuff out there...that doesn't fit worth a crap. I've dealt with it first hand. If you have your mind set on aftermarket headers..then get them directly from TA. I run stockers...cuz they fit..and when ported...will go right into the 9's. :)
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I figured it's a knockoff. Just curious if anyone has installed and ran them. I have had issues with the stock crossover not sealing good when installing with the engine in the car. I even tried two different stock crossover pipes. I'm not knocking the stockers except for that damn crack.
Also, I was fortunate to get the my first set of TA headers from another board member at a significantly reduced rate. I guess I got spoiled....
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I use new studs and nuts from my exhaust shop here in town. l SLOWLY tighten them up...and put my finger on each side to make sure they're sealing up evenly.
I love stock junk...and here's why. I had a couple of guys come down from Huntsville (2 hours north of me) to buy some Buick junk a couple weeks back. Him and a few other guys are lurkers on the Toronto board...and figured I was bulllshitting saying I was running mostly stock junk. Him and his buddy just about crapped their pants when I lifted the hood...and there were no cool guy parts. I opened the passengers door and the other guy literally shook his head and walked back to his car when he saw the stock ECM.
I have no issue with aftermarket fuel management systems...IF.. .you know it inside and out. I honestly wish I had the IQ for XFI...cuz it has traction control capability.
The best piece of advice I can give is this. Know your limitations.
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In that case, I'll be sticking to narrow band, stock ecm and a MAF translator. The rest of that shit is mechanical and can be figured out with an understanding of the system.... sometimes! LOL!
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a PLX wideband is rugged and pretty damn cost effective.... but I'm with you. It's hard to beat a stock ECM and Translator.
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The wideband with Eric's chip makes things pretty easy if you spend a bit of time to tune it.
The Power Logger is also a great tool to have!
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Started my turbo buick adventure with just a scanmaster. Then moved up to the powerlogger. I'm a big believer in primacy as the first thing that is learned will be the first thing remembered in a bad situation. Hopefully what you learn first is correct or there could be some bad times ahead. Anyway, I feel that I would like to install a stand alone wideband to see the correlations with the narrow band and Steve has a way of explaining things so I can understand them when there are questions.
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Gonna try and get my new WB installed by next Sunday nite.
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Started my turbo buick adventure with just a scanmaster. Then moved up to the powerlogger. I'm a big believer in primacy as the first thing that is learned will be the first thing remembered in a bad situation. Hopefully what you learn first is correct or there could be some bad times ahead. Anyway, I feel that I would like to install a stand alone wideband to see the correlations with the narrow band and Steve has a way of explaining things so I can understand them when there are questions.
Earl I sure hope your not talking about Steve Wood. His way of explaining things sucks. He needs to start sending me pictures. LOL
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That's not me you quoted.
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You quoted me chilly willy
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somebody sucks...that is for sure