Shipping my Buick

[Tim Hensley]

Will after 20 years in Hawaii I’m heading back to Arizona sometime after September.
Trying to get everything thing ready will prove to be a challenge.
1. Do I leave my nice new Gbody aluminum wheels on or put the OE on?
2. Get a valet chip or just wire the wast gate open ?
3. What other thing would you consider?
Thanks

[Steve Wood]

is the shipping on deck or enclosed from the weather?

[nocooler]

I have my bird in one of these while it's being stored - https://rhinoshelters.com/product/12w-x-24l-car-pocket/

Don't know how it'd do in a container but nothing can easily get into it.

[Tim Hensley]

I’ll use PASHA it will be inside a large ship designed to ship cars. Out of the weather.Seen a one shipped in a container that got loss and beaten to death and have heard of one getting badly damaged in a container.
Pasha brings most new cars here and I brought one with them from Az ,it was a old Jeep but it was good. Nissan shipped my Altima from Honolulu to the big island on top of the barge it was covered in salt water.
I have good confidence in Pasha just not the clowns driving them on and off the ship.

[Steve Wood]

I was going to suggest a good coat of wax to help protect it from the salt air.  This is probably a good idea when shipping under deck as well.

I don't know what a valet chip costs, but, I suspect anyone that drives it off the ship, or on, will be tempted to goose it and mine still runs pretty fast even with the wastegate open...might be money well spent.

[Tim Hensley]

That was my guess to, never tried running it with it open. But the boost controller is propping it open at WFO . I think I’ll contact TT chips. Thanks

[Tim Hensley]

It could use a good coat of wax thank for the reminder time seems to get away from use so fast can’t remember when it got its last good waxing.

[Tim Hensley]

Update  today herd from TT he can do the chip, he ask what RPM I wanted it to stop at? Ding a light came on. I have a TR6 I can set the rev limiter to say 2500 that should do it.I have not open the box to see if it will go that low. but not I could use the 2step and just use it. need to get a hold of Bob before I try the 2step.
What do you think?

[Steve Wood]

I would set it to no more than 2000 and less if possible.

[ULYCYC]

If the car needs to be driven on/off any type of ramps you may have issues with low rpm limits. Just a thought.

[Tim Hensley]

Looks like I can set it about any where. before I did any thing I was going to take it for a drive and see what would be a good number.
It cranked up ran not long and I noticed the Check engine light on. looked and it was 34 low MAF.
I had removed all the inline fuses and put them in a nice box just cleaning up wiring under the dash.nothing touched under the hood. My multimeter is broken so I could not do the test in the Vortex section. I checked the ECU connection look good,  So I did the next best thing Pulled the LS MAS and translator out and installed OEM code went away and ran fine. PS I tried clearing the code first before I did the swop and it would not clear.Key on engine off made no seance its not running to not clear. I can see maybe if running but Off. Car was good when parked I know we have heard that before but all I did was !!! new meter will arrive this week.

[Tim Hensley]

 Update it arrived in good shape. had to drive it about 10 miles to the U-Haul the Reve limiter was 2500 think it was a challenge but it worked. I did not have a screwdriver with me to change it

[Steve Wood]

Glad it got home in good shape!

[nocooler]

I can only imagine the relief to finally get it home!

[Tim Hensley]

it was nice having it on the island. I acutely purchased it in Hawaii it only had 77k and was a former police car. NOT FBI.
I never seen any one driving one the 20 years I was  there, saw 1 86 Type, for a short time I think it got recked. Saw 3 rust buckets of a GN.
heard there were 2 but never seen them. I put about 15k miles on mine. and over 100 1/4 mile passes. Cant what to finish my house and start driving it again. I have it stored in a inclosed trailer in front of our washer and dryer ( temp laundry room and construction home base)
there is a few in the Phenix area I hope to meat.I have got the car in the low 11s but with local help I would like to put a bar in it and go 10.5.
I could not have enjoyed this car as much without everyone on this form in Hawaii.
Thanks