bama-t-type
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- Aug 11, 2008
OK im gonna just go on for a min here well lets start from the beginning.
about 7 to 8 mounths ago i seen this t-type setting at a shop for sell.
So i stoped just to look at it and see how much the guy wanted for it and to my suprise the car was about the cleanest g body i have ever seen on the inside has a little rust but very fixable. so at this point im pretty intrested in the car that i had just stopped to look at . got to talking to the owner car has a bunch of go fast goodies but will not build any boost although it runs perfect cold air everything works . BTW its a 85 t type don't know the option code but it looks just like a gn just gold not black and diff interior but it has black out trim bucket seats console shifter ect ect . Well i guess i got to wanting this car a little more than i should have AND YES YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. so i bought it 4000 plus tax drove it home no boost found turbo to need rebuilding sent it to esp performance and oh about 700 and a mounth later i got it back put it on car drove car to gas station to fill it up had boost controler lines on wrong so it would only build about 10psi but felt good. got back home about 6 miles total. broke out the greddy manual found problem fixed. ok lets see what she'll do lol set boost on about 18 psi came to a stop brake stalled it up left on 10psi as the tires were just starting to spin 275 50 bfg drag radials btw as the car continued to tear the tires off through first gear i was suprised then it hit 2 and felt as though it had found another 75hp as it hooked up ran it to about 85 90 mph and let off i was very content with how it ran. THEN i stopped at the stop sign and smoke rolled by the car. ok like by the time i got back home about 16 miles round trip i had never thought it to be possible for a engine to smoke this badly. upon futher inspection found the turbo to be completly DEAD turbine and commpressor fubar. well ok if its gonna happen its gonna happen to me. sent turbo back off to esp. cost me another 550. lol great absolutly great saved up, paid for it got it back this week. today i put it on removed intercooler and all piping cleaned it out like a made man it could not be any cleaner. removed oil line cleaned it too. installed turbo started her up
checked for leaks everything looks good let go down the road . drove it around the block a couple timed taking it easy very easy had boost set at like 12psi i rolled into it a couple of times just for a second no big deal. went home washed up and got my 4 year old little girl to take her to the store. Well hell lets take the regal drove about 3 miles to the store no problem parked, shut it off, all is good.came back out get her in the car go to start it up and it sounds like the dam engine is trying to fight its way out from under the hood car will not start i think the torque converter came loose idk. here i am hating life it self and having to deal with the shame of calling my wife to come get us. go get car trailer pick up car. just a wonderful day i'll look at it tommoro to see what came loose maybe its not to bad but if anyone wants a 85 let me know
but you see i had a 78 malibu with a dart headed .640 solid roller 406 that i had to sell once i bought this demon buick (really now i love this regal) and oh yea i might have well just gave it away but it had to go sold it for 3500 i find myself wondering WTF was i thinking i must say though the buick is bad. when it running
about 7 to 8 mounths ago i seen this t-type setting at a shop for sell.
So i stoped just to look at it and see how much the guy wanted for it and to my suprise the car was about the cleanest g body i have ever seen on the inside has a little rust but very fixable. so at this point im pretty intrested in the car that i had just stopped to look at . got to talking to the owner car has a bunch of go fast goodies but will not build any boost although it runs perfect cold air everything works . BTW its a 85 t type don't know the option code but it looks just like a gn just gold not black and diff interior but it has black out trim bucket seats console shifter ect ect . Well i guess i got to wanting this car a little more than i should have AND YES YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. so i bought it 4000 plus tax drove it home no boost found turbo to need rebuilding sent it to esp performance and oh about 700 and a mounth later i got it back put it on car drove car to gas station to fill it up had boost controler lines on wrong so it would only build about 10psi but felt good. got back home about 6 miles total. broke out the greddy manual found problem fixed. ok lets see what she'll do lol set boost on about 18 psi came to a stop brake stalled it up left on 10psi as the tires were just starting to spin 275 50 bfg drag radials btw as the car continued to tear the tires off through first gear i was suprised then it hit 2 and felt as though it had found another 75hp as it hooked up ran it to about 85 90 mph and let off i was very content with how it ran. THEN i stopped at the stop sign and smoke rolled by the car. ok like by the time i got back home about 16 miles round trip i had never thought it to be possible for a engine to smoke this badly. upon futher inspection found the turbo to be completly DEAD turbine and commpressor fubar. well ok if its gonna happen its gonna happen to me. sent turbo back off to esp. cost me another 550. lol great absolutly great saved up, paid for it got it back this week. today i put it on removed intercooler and all piping cleaned it out like a made man it could not be any cleaner. removed oil line cleaned it too. installed turbo started her up
checked for leaks everything looks good let go down the road . drove it around the block a couple timed taking it easy very easy had boost set at like 12psi i rolled into it a couple of times just for a second no big deal. went home washed up and got my 4 year old little girl to take her to the store. Well hell lets take the regal drove about 3 miles to the store no problem parked, shut it off, all is good.came back out get her in the car go to start it up and it sounds like the dam engine is trying to fight its way out from under the hood car will not start i think the torque converter came loose idk. here i am hating life it self and having to deal with the shame of calling my wife to come get us. go get car trailer pick up car. just a wonderful day i'll look at it tommoro to see what came loose maybe its not to bad but if anyone wants a 85 let me know
but you see i had a 78 malibu with a dart headed .640 solid roller 406 that i had to sell once i bought this demon buick (really now i love this regal) and oh yea i might have well just gave it away but it had to go sold it for 3500 i find myself wondering WTF was i thinking i must say though the buick is bad. when it running