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[charleslong]

Congratulations on the new home!  That is great!

How much longer does the wife have to go to finish nursing school?  Tell her to go borrow some more money and get a Masters.  Then she can rake in the big money and fix that Buick for you

Thanks Steve! I'm loving the house.... she has a year and a half and she will be finished with her bsn. She wants to do anesthesia once she is completely finished. But she is unsure if she wants to be a crna or anesthesiologi st. Of course one is in the nursing track and the other is md. I'm not sure what she will end up doing, but at any rate she will be working for already a couple of years before going back.

[charleslong]

I'm on several boards and mod 2 of them Charles. I even loan myself out on the 301 garage as tech help since very few people understand the old draw through systems.

Ok. What's the 301 garage?

[Charlief1]

The 301 garage is a site dedicated to the 301 Pontiac and 80-81 TTA cars Charles. The owner of the board is in DFW and he knows quite a bit about restoring them but very few of the guys over there know much about modifying them.   One guy finally made his turbo into the TE-62 DT (draw through) and didn't quite understand that you can't just bolt on a turbo and go without changing other things.


He finally got a higher stall converter and roasts the tires at will from a stop up to 50 MPH.   The learning curve is great if you want to restore a car but the performance curve is low but they're catching on at least.

[charleslong]

I see. Thanks for the education! I think Phils dad has a late 70's early 80's TA. The smokey and the bandit style.

[Charlief1]

Well if it's powered by a 301 tell him to look up the site and join Charles. He might just learn a few things about his car.

[phil_long]

It's the 81 with the turbo on it. He hates the motor in it. Complains about that being the biggest mistake pontiac made.  I think its the 4.9? 

[Charlief1]

He really needs to come visit the 301 garage then Phil. One of the members over there is competing in NHRA class racing, and winning, and another is building a 400+ cid engine out of a 301 block. Kevin (Canadian Nascar) followed the info I posted and had his turbo turned into a TE-62 DT and blows the tires off from a dead stop up to 50 mph.   The 301 is just as misunderstand as the Buick V6 was and still is. I think he'd find a lot of useful info over there if he decides to join up and do some reading.

[charleslong]

Phil, sounds like you need to ask Big Louie about passing the Pontiac down to you. Better yet, dont tell him about the board and ask him to pass it down.

[Charlief1]

Phil, sounds like you need to ask Big Louie about passing the Pontiac down to you. Better yet, dont tell him about the board and ask him to pass it down.

Let him join and do the performance mods first, then get the car.