Recent content by TType85

I don't know, but I bet the steel cranks have something to keeping people out of the DOTC club nowadays.

Not enough boost. As rag231 said people take 24-25psi to be high boost. It seems the fast guys aren't afraid to send it. My 86 with a 6262 just started waking up at 23-24psi. Hell aren't some of the GTR's and other turbo cars out there pushing 40psi ?

I agree there is a lot of great new parts out there; but it's the small stuff that ends up getting you. Keeping a 30+ year old car going gets to be a chore. Tracking down wiring or odd intermittent issues gets tiring. That is where the new stuff has an advantage. My problem motor wise with...

Very true. Unfortunately there are less and less people that want to run from a dig which I find funny with all the launch control and other stuff newer cars have.

If you are running a TR that runs slower than mid-11s you are going to find yourself out-gunned real quick nowadays. My Mustang is about 580rwhp on 91 octane, passes CA smog easily and it would gap a lot of TR's. A well setup Buick would be a tough race but there is always someone faster...

block sold

I might have a block to bring. Cleaning out my friends garage I found a block that if I am thinking right we pulled it out of the junk yard a dozen years ago or so. I need to pull it out and look at it but I think it is a NA 109 block standard bore; pistons/rods that were next to it in the...

Nice. One for you and one for the wife?

RIP Gary

dang it. Just found out i'll be out of town on that day.

Anyone local to Garden Grove, CA have a stock intercooler they want to part with? Doesn't need a shroud.

Im in. just need to get the car past smog....

EDIT:Upgraded my WinBook 802 tablet tonight to Windows 10 and PL seems to run fine. Plugged it in, it did a driver search and I guess found the ones I had on it from 8.1.

~4.25 around the corner from me for 92. (Garden Grove, CA)

That is the feed line from the frame rail to the motor. The ones I linked go all the way from the fuel tank to where that line connects. You could also go braided, but the stock lines on these cars are not that bad.