The Buick is finally finished
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Joined: Sep 2007
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From: woodbine, md
The Buick is finally finished Over the winter I decided to freshen up the Buick, 6.0, BW S475 turbo
I pulled the engine, bored it to rem. the rust pits, added forged flat tops, had it balanced, Changed the turbine housing from a 1.25 to a 1.00, ATI balancer, rebuilt a turbo 400, ATI conv., replaced the noisy ring & pinion, added a roll cage, then got a second wind and decided to repaint it, fix a couple rust areas (not much avail for Buicks, lol) Had I known it was going to rain for 12 days, prob would have spent a couple more on the paint detail.
Since I do all my own work, it gets harder as I get (got) older, but I didn't want this to drag on into the summer, so I can now relax and chill, lol
Plan on driving it to the beach cruise next week
I pulled the engine, bored it to rem. the rust pits, added forged flat tops, had it balanced, Changed the turbine housing from a 1.25 to a 1.00, ATI balancer, rebuilt a turbo 400, ATI conv., replaced the noisy ring & pinion, added a roll cage, then got a second wind and decided to repaint it, fix a couple rust areas (not much avail for Buicks, lol) Had I known it was going to rain for 12 days, prob would have spent a couple more on the paint detail.
Since I do all my own work, it gets harder as I get (got) older, but I didn't want this to drag on into the summer, so I can now relax and chill, lol
Plan on driving it to the beach cruise next week
That's awesome man! I have a 67 that I am going to LS swap and build. It needs a little resto work, but that all comes in time. Just finished the built motor in my 87, so now I need another money-pit project....
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Its a 65 Special sedan (post car) prob the cheapest Buick in 65
I changed the AR to a 1.00 hoping for earlier boost on the street, also why I switched the pistons to flat tops-since its 99.9% street use, I wanted more power where I drive.
Having had Procharged SB's, BB's, and LS, I was used to a diff power range, lol.
Pretty happy with it so far, drives like a dream, slow or fast, and I can hear the stereo, lol
After the ocean cruise, gonna hit the dyno, dial in the tune better
I changed the AR to a 1.00 hoping for earlier boost on the street, also why I switched the pistons to flat tops-since its 99.9% street use, I wanted more power where I drive.
Having had Procharged SB's, BB's, and LS, I was used to a diff power range, lol.
Pretty happy with it so far, drives like a dream, slow or fast, and I can hear the stereo, lol
After the ocean cruise, gonna hit the dyno, dial in the tune better
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Its a 65 Special sedan (post car) prob the cheapest Buick in 65
I changed the AR to a 1.00 hoping for earlier boost on the street, also why I switched the pistons to flat tops-since its 99.9% street use, I wanted more power where I drive.
Having had Procharged SB's, BB's, and LS, I was used to a diff power range, lol.
Pretty happy with it so far, drives like a dream, slow or fast, and I can hear the stereo, lol
After the ocean cruise, gonna hit the dyno, dial in the tune better
I changed the AR to a 1.00 hoping for earlier boost on the street, also why I switched the pistons to flat tops-since its 99.9% street use, I wanted more power where I drive.
Having had Procharged SB's, BB's, and LS, I was used to a diff power range, lol.
Pretty happy with it so far, drives like a dream, slow or fast, and I can hear the stereo, lol
After the ocean cruise, gonna hit the dyno, dial in the tune better
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Joined: Sep 2007
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From: woodbine, md
Mine is a 92MM T4, the 83 prob would have been better with the 1.25, but I can tell it has more bottom end, right now with the street tires it just goes into tire smoke, lol-once I bolt the drag radials on I should be able to get better data logging and hopefully do 100% throttle.
I had it out the other day and hit the data logger and tried a short pass thinking I was at 100% throttle, but it showed only 50% with 7 lbs of boost,
So I guess I am lifting once the tires are gone, lol-i want to nail down where to adjust my controller
After next week I will find a dyno, seems everyone is selling theirs, then hit a track rental
I had it out the other day and hit the data logger and tried a short pass thinking I was at 100% throttle, but it showed only 50% with 7 lbs of boost,
So I guess I am lifting once the tires are gone, lol-i want to nail down where to adjust my controller
After next week I will find a dyno, seems everyone is selling theirs, then hit a track rental
