Recommendations?

[daveismissing]

Buy it for her!
My wife's anniversary present-the pearl anniversary.
http://dtekk.com/cars/Quik621.jpg

[gordyzx9r]

Buy it for her!
My wife's anniversary present-the pearl anniversary.
http://dtekk.com/cars/Quik621.jpg

She hates the Buick.  Mostly because of how much I pamper it and cater to it...the garage is it's domain, and it alone has free reign in there.  I won't let her park her Lexus in there because it'd be cutting it too close for my personal comfort level.  The GN has a larger than normal amount of personal space that can't be intruded upon .  The floors in the garage were redone before the floors in the house were and the garage was repainted before any other room was too.  If it was up to me our furniture would consist of milk crates, cinder blocks, 2x4s, and air mattresses...

[gordyzx9r]

Ordered a Champion intake today along with some Buick V6 covers for those ported irons I bought...

[gordyzx9r]

Pretty much have everything I think...just ordered an improved ground kit from Casper's along with their fuel pump wiring upgrade kit to replace the Poston's one I have.  Also ordered some AMSOIL for the transmission. 

Now I just have to wait until a time slot gets open where I can lug the car and all this stuff up to the shop.

Hoping I'm not forgetting anything here...

[daveismissing]

Where the hell did you get a GM timing set?

[earlbrown]

What about the neoprene ones that Kirban's and gbodyparts sell?  Along with the neoprene timing cover seal?

You've already got a Fel-Pro neoprene timing cover seal. Make sure to smear some jizz on it so the balancer doesn't beat on it during initial startup.

[gordyzx9r]

Where the hell did you get a GM timing set?

Every so often they pop up on ebay as a complete set.

[SuperSix]

Is it a good idea to run them? Doesn't the plastic get brittle being so old?

[Scoobum]

Is it a good idea to run them? Doesn't the plastic get brittle being so old?

I'm so busy shoving piston pins through cylinder walls...breaki ng rockers...and pounding rod bearings into tin foil...that mine never gets a chance to get old and brittle.

[Steve Wood]

Is it a good idea to run them? Doesn't the plastic get brittle being so old?

it has not been subjected to heat and its sealed up...should be near perfect

[SuperSix]

Meh - I wouldn't trust one, unless I could verify the MFG date..

[gordyzx9r]

Car is loaded up and headed to the shop...origina lly I had planned to spend two weeks there helping Bill wrench on it so I could actually learn a thing or two while I was on terminal leave waiting for my retirement date.  But Trane offered me a position the day I started terminal leave and I just couldn't pass up such an awesome opportunity.

This is what is getting done over the next couple of weeks:


Champion ported cast iron cylinder heads Champion ported OEM intake manifold
Champion Buick V6 valve covers
Champion IAC relocation kit
New Turbo Tweak Chip

ARP studs
Adjustable push rods
Pre-luber
PTE turbo saver
RJC hybrid boost controller
Timing chain
Front cover
Rear main seal
Brake Proportioning Valve
160 degree thermostat
Casper's Improved Engine Ground
Casper's Fuel Pump Wiring Upgrade
AMSOIL Transmission Fluid
Differential Fluid
Gonna have him go through the car and do a spring cleaning (I know it's autumn) as well as check out ever nut/bolt he can get to while it's on a lift.


This is what has currently been done:

AEMC Digital EGT Monitor Aluminum Brake Drums
ATR Adjustable Wastegate Actuator, Billet Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator, Charcoal Canister Relocation Kit, Driveshaft Loop, Heavy Duty Rear Sway Bar, Heavy Duty Transmission Pan, Performance Valve Springs, Polished SS MAF Pipe, Polished SS Throttle Body Inlet Pipe, SS 1

[gordyzx9r]

What's your opinions on powder coating the champion valve covers and the front timing cover?

[gordyzx9r]

So the motor is out...

He doesn't like the Casper's Cam Sensor cap and wants me to send him a new one (which I am...along with the Casper's instructions for their cap so he can see what's it intended for).

My crankshaft sensor was rubbing and "something" fell apart when he went to check it out (I'm not there so I don't know the exact details).  So, I'm sending him another one of those too...hoping this was a culprit in an intermittent start issue I occasionally (rarely) experienced. 

My gbodyparts lower a-arms apparently weren't welded right and there is a portion where the shock comes down on them...that cracked.  He's going to re-weld them.  I asked him to have his wife take pictures so I can send them to gbodyparts.  They're only a few years old and have less than 500 miles on them.

The radiator support bushing were installed incorrectly... fixed.

He thinks my A/C compressor is seeping oil (not leaking, but there is oil forming)...how much are those bad boys to replace?

He says my bearing is showing normal wear...could last another 10 years, could go to shit in a few hours.

[gordyzx9r]

He replaced the timing chain today...said the old one looked normal wear & tear, nothing broken.

He said the passenger (stock) head was very, very clean...but that he found some metal shavings on the driver's side.  He's hoping it was a spring of some kind.  Said he'd rip open the oil filter to see what it has to say...