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General Buick Tech / Re: Fuel tank and pump, electrolysis on tank? New pump?

« Last post by slojim on August 27 2024, 07:28:42 PM »

I hear you xracerx13, but its not like the person behind the counter will have a lot of flexibility, and there's weasel language on the order page, plus a bunch of people and suppliers asserting it meets OEM. 

Steve, I was coming around on leaving it, but it irritates me more than it should. 

I heard back from G-Body parts via email and they say they have "the baffled tanks" - I tried calling but can't get through on the phone.  If they can confirm they mean something closer to the large OEM or prior spectra baffle and not the pie plate, I'll get it. 

Never ordered from GBodyParts before - reputable?  They've been around long enough to have fans and detractors but are still in business - must be doing something right.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Fuel tank and pump, electrolysis on tank? New pump?

« Last post by xracerx13 on August 27 2024, 06:05:48 PM »

I would not settle for a pie pan for a baffle. Every time you take off from a stop you will starve the pump.
Get your money back. Spend the money and Get the RIGHT tank.
Don't settle for garbage. That tank is not useable in a GN.
GET THEM TO PAY FOR RETURN SHIPPING FOR SELLING AN INFERIOR PRODUCT !

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General Buick Tech / Re: Fuel tank and pump, electrolysis on tank? New pump?

« Last post by Steve Wood on August 27 2024, 04:16:46 PM »

I would leave it alone.  Don't throw it around corners hard with less than a 1/4 tank?

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General Auto Tech / Re: 2001 Corvette....

« Last post by nocooler on August 27 2024, 02:07:43 PM »

Dropped it off today. Feels good to have my shop back.
Feels like a car the traps 115mph or so in the heat. Runs good now that it's sorted out.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Fuel tank and pump, electrolysis on tank? New pump?

« Last post by slojim on August 27 2024, 01:59:55 PM »

took a couple of days, but I got through to a tech at Spectra who looked up his info and confirmed they've changed suppliers for the GM307C, the pie pan baffle is indeed the new design, and he also confirmed that was all the stock they had. 
My car isn't wild, my guess is the worst scenario currently is I that I forgot how to drive it and swing the rear end around leaving a light on a low tank level, and stall in an intersection.  Not so likely.
But right now the tank is clean - now would be the time to modify it.  Any of you think its reasonable to cut out the top and weld in a baffle?  I don't have a welder, I'd have to pay a shop. 
Shy of a custom tank, I'm not confident I can order a better baffled tank than the one I have sitting here, plus I'm sure now I'll have ot pay to return this #$^$%&@@!.

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General Auto Tech / Re: 2001 Corvette....

« Last post by Forzfed on August 27 2024, 12:35:10 PM »

I'm sure you'll have it running like a top!   The running rich comment made me laugh thinking of a Fox Body Stang that use to race at the track.  It ran so rich you would think it was fogging for flies!  I use to joke he is running a conservative 8:1 AFR.  It looked like a diesel.

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General Auto Tech / Re: 2001 Corvette....

« Last post by Grumpy on August 25 2024, 11:58:50 AM »

sounds good ship it 

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General Auto Tech / Re: 2001 Corvette....

« Last post by Steve Wood on August 23 2024, 04:32:27 PM »

Sounds good!

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General Auto Tech / Re: 2001 Corvette....

« Last post by nocooler on August 23 2024, 03:33:15 PM »

I'll leave this here
https://youtu.be/_VwUoAm1mXs

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: My old SS396

« Last post by Steve Wood on August 20 2024, 10:17:37 AM »

Yes, it is.  I did a lot of work on it about 20 years ago, then I stripped the wiring harness out, did some other stuff but it basically was just sitting in my shop needing to be put back together.  It sat long enuf to flatten the tires, it turned out.

I was talking to my eye doctor who is a car guy and mentioned that I had this car in my shop.  Told him that he needed a rare car to add to his collection which at the time had a turbo Porsche and a new McLaren amongst other things.  He said he would love to have it but it would kill his brother who had wanted a 69 Camaro SS all his life.  His brother is a doctor also.

My doc was passing thru town one day and stopped to look at it.  It was basically, apart, covered with dust and being used as a shelf.  That took him back a bit even tho I had told him it needed to put back together.  He said his brother would like to look at it but he didn't know if was too much for him or not.  Turns out his brother was coming to town in a couple of months.

I fiinished the wiring, rebuilt the brakes, put a new gas tank in it to replace the new tank that I had installed 20 years earlier, LOL, put a new carb on it and so on.  Cranked it up and it ran like it had never been parked.  Slapped a little wax on the new 20 years prior paint job, etc.

He brought his brother over and told me that he had warned his brother that it needed a lot of work before it could be driven.  I opened the shop and my friend almost passed out from shock when it saw it sitting there like a new car.  His brother just stood there with his mouth open.

They say asked what happened and I said I put it back together for you.  They walked around it and fiinally asked what will it take to get it running?  I reached thru the window, turned the key and it fired right up.  Told them to drive it and then is when they found out the tires were flat spotted when they hit 75.  LOL

I think the brother had rebuilt it at least twice.  The last time was after he found the original pace car that had been restored.  then he went full restomod on mine.

The moral to this story is Live is good when you are a successful doctor.