combinations and tuning

[DCEPTCN]

Dropping about ten pounds on my toe this afternoon is not helping my thought processes

Texas sized mickey?

As long as it wasn't a baby...

[Steve Wood]

if it was, it would grow up to be Iron Man

[Steve Wood]

http://www.vortexbuicks-etc.com/TuningBasics.htm#Engine_Tuning

http://www.vortexbuicks-etc.com/combinationexamples.htm

[gordyzx9r]

AKA Turbobuicks.co m

I'd rather it was more like gnttype.org than tbs.com.  Less discussion/fluff and more straightforwar d "how to" information, but obviously kept up to date.  

ATR & Kenne Bell both had fairly easy to follow "how to" guides that they published for "spring cleaning" and basic tuning procedures.  Though I think they were written pre-scan master and obviously pre-Power Logger.  I wish I had an "expert" near me that was good with Power Logger and tuning and I'd take a week off of work to get proficient with it.  

I'm a pilot, so I naturally gravitate towards "check list" by the numbers procedures rather than the discussions that take place on the forums.  And pictures help to :phpbbt; I always feel more comfortable seeing someone/participating with them hands on for this kind of stuff rather than jumping into head first on my own.  Though, that's probably because I'm so scared the car is gonna blow up after I touch it with a wrench.

My father's nickname for me growing up was Dr. Destructo because anything mechanical I touched would break, explode, implode or just mysteriously stop doing whatever it was intended to do.

[daveismissing]

I'd rather it was more like gnttype.org than tbs.com.

[Scoobum]

I hacked at the tuning section again this morning...thre w out some old stuff and tried to update it a bit....got some more ideas but, I get to going in circles after a bit.

I am trying to do it ala An idiots guide...but I can never get it dumb enuf

After 25 years of Buicks, it all seems too simple to me and I find it hard to go thru the thought process.

heck, at my age, I cannot go thru any thought process...even simple ones like buy milk when you buy Oreos

I guarantee you'll never get it dumb enuf for me. Seriously tho, I've been checking it out and you've done a great job of updating it.

[Steve Wood]

some things, like setting cam, crank, iac, tps, etc.  I have provided step by step instructions for.

Tuning, combinations, and such...those are very gray areas.

I reworked the tuning section today trying to simplify the approach..part icularly for street cars giving some guidelines that I have recognized over the years...not the only approach, just kinda my thought process.  

One has to help himself by trying to learn what the various scantool parameters actually mean and I tried to do that in the Scantool section and in the Basic section.

There is so much interaction between various components that it is difficult to dumb down for dummies and there lies the problem.  Some people are interested in learning how things work and other people just want a fast car without putting any effort into it.

I am doing my best to help the first while hoping the second will find someone that will do it for them

I am sure it is somewhat a generational problem.  Old guys like me usually started out with something old and worn out and we had to fix it and pay for it in order to drive it so we started on the ground floor.   Today, guys start out with computers and not old cars...just a different environment.

[Steve Wood]

okay...I put an abreviated write up on tps and iac adjustment under How To's for those that did  not want to read how they work in the Basics section

I admit to being less than consistent, but I also admit that I am to old to seriously entertain a reform movement.

[Scoobum]

I'm pouting. I clicked on Doorslammers The Chassis Book...and it came up JEGS.

[daveismissing]

Combos
replace
http://www.rennie-macintosh.com/techarea/misc/lubrant.html
with
http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/misc/lubrant.html

[Steve Wood]

strange...I will fix it tomorrow.  May be some other links that are now dead, but, that one should be consistent....

I appreciate it!

[Steve Wood]

took the link out for the book...it is available at amazon and other car places...but, geez, it is now 80 bux or so...time for another printing, I think

[SuperSix]

I think Steve's site will be my bible once I get the new GN.

[Steve Wood]

the cars can make you take up religion

[Wrecked Em]

Feel free to use this as needed. I combined a few things I found and tweaked them to my liking.

http://www.hotairbuick.com/techfiles/conversioncharts.xls

I have a link to it on HotAirBuick on the links page under technical information.