Where the hell has Gary been ?

[Recklessrob]

Hopefully he has some good kill stories to tell
from modding his car when he returns. :psix;

[87natty]

I was about to worry about his old ass too...

[Be4u]

Maybe he finally found a girlfriend? He'll be back with stories like Lepizzle. Zipper, balls, passed out, my forehead, hungover. We'll have to phill in the blanks. :rofl;

[87natty]

We'll have to phill in the blanks. :rofl;

You deserve a medal for that one!

[Be4u]

Aww damn, I was about to hijack this thread....I'll start a new one and edit this post with a link.

http://ihadav8.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=5079#5079

[Gary Wells]

I fckng wish that any and all of that were true. But no such luck in my case. I would be loping my mule if I could find it. Just planning out my next mod. Had Lou do the Thunderfat i/c last Sat. Required a little more fitting than I expected. It came shipped with a 1" crack running in the weld bead on the passenger side upper i/c shroud. Welding it back up would not have been worth the effort and made it uglier. It is only maybe .025 wide at the widest point and 1" long, and doesn't really show unless you know about it, but it is just the idea that people sell/ship defective products like this. The shipping container was ibn too good of condition for it to be shipping related, so it was supplied and shipped that way. Also the seller, who I believe sponsors this site, or at least advertises on it, forgot the passenger side mounting bracket, but I got it within a week of getting the i/c itself. Always buy direct from the manufacturer whenever possible, unless there is a very good reason not to. Also, the lower i/c shroud was misaligned compared to the end of the upper i/c shroud by about 3/8" or so, and about 1/4" had to be trimmed off of the lowest portion of the upper i/c shroud to get it to clear the sway bar, and leave some room for engine movement. Doesn't line up at the top end real well either. the i/c tube ends are too close together, so it will not line up perfectly with both the turbo outlet and the up pipe inlet. You can use about 3/8" washer on the driver side and that will line up the passenger side turbo outlet to i/c inlet, but then it will show on the alignment of the up pipe not running straight in line with the longitutidal axis of the motor itself. Lou lined mine up pretty well, and then I did a little more alignmednt work on it, and it looks ok, but it should look better for the money that thiose sell for. It also weighs about 2X-3X as much as the stocker.

[Top Speed]

Gary here is your next mod!

http://www.turbobuicks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45761

[DCEPTCN]

I'm sure Gary needed a nap after the above post.....

[Racer X]

I'm sure Gary needed a nap after the above post.....

My dial up connection is still downlodaing that post!

[Gary Wells]

Sorry, i did want to catch everybody up to date, to alert everybody about insisting on pictures from some vendors, supporting the manufacturer direct whenever possible, and choosing a product and supplier very carefully, and sometimes paying the most, is worth it. Sorry for the long post, and no, I did not take a nap, I had just gotten up this am, played hookey today.

[Gary Wells]

Gary here is your next mod!

http://www.turbobuicks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45761

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Chris: If I do that, then I will need a Translator Plus also, right.
If I do this, what benefits will my car see. My car seems to be running very good and smooth currently, so if the only benefit of the LS1 MAf & Translator Plus is smoothness and ability of tuning, then

[Top Speed]

Well you will need a translator at least.  I actally make my timing adjustments in the chip so I didn't need the trans+.

You know if you are not having MAF problems there is no reason to upgrade.

I just wanted to do it!

[Gary Wells]

Not having MAF problems, but it would be convenient timing to do it when I do the Mark Hueffman cold air kit, so i do not have to change tubing sizes but 1 time. What is the best, the LS1, and is that a 3" or a 4", and can I get a corresponding size of tubing from BuickGN.

[Top Speed]

The LS1 is 3.5".  I upgraded mine when I went to the Big Mouth kit.  Mark Hueffman has the 3.5" MAF pipe to fit the LS1 MAF perfectly.

[gordyzx9r]

Why Thunderfab?