Well first off my name is Ron and I have been out of buicks for about 10 years. I owned a 85 GN for about 4 years before certain circumstances made me sell it.
Anyway my car was owned by a gentlemen named Brett in Bradenton which I am sure some of you know. He does post on the tp6 board and his father owns a stage II car. It is need of some TLC body/interior work but drivetrain/engine seem strong minus the knock from the lower end. While I may be mistaking the noise over the exhaust leak for something else I still have this sinking feeling. The block/crank/rods/pistons are stock and the engine has roughly 15k on it. Car runs strong but I have a fear the person who had it a short time before me might have done something to it.
The car was bought as a project with the hopes of having it finished in about 5 years with most of the work being done by myself and my son. Will be moving soon to Dade City where our house is being redone with a nice garage with lots of room added on. :smile: Currently in Wesley Chapel.
After I get the exhaust leak welded hopefully I can make a outing or 2 and start putting some names to faces. Plans right now are SM which was taken out, knock gauge(same) and alchy. After that pretty much just going to start stripping the interior and patching/replacing body parts, picking up a door next weekend. Other odds and ends include wiring issues (lights to tach radio and missing power antenna) but for the most part the car is solid with 1 bad rattle.
Well that is pretty much it for now so hope to see some of you soon and look forward to the wealth of information the people from this board have. I'll be the guy with the pad and pen writing everything down at the meets.
Anyway my car was owned by a gentlemen named Brett in Bradenton which I am sure some of you know. He does post on the tp6 board and his father owns a stage II car. It is need of some TLC body/interior work but drivetrain/engine seem strong minus the knock from the lower end. While I may be mistaking the noise over the exhaust leak for something else I still have this sinking feeling. The block/crank/rods/pistons are stock and the engine has roughly 15k on it. Car runs strong but I have a fear the person who had it a short time before me might have done something to it.
The car was bought as a project with the hopes of having it finished in about 5 years with most of the work being done by myself and my son. Will be moving soon to Dade City where our house is being redone with a nice garage with lots of room added on. :smile: Currently in Wesley Chapel.
After I get the exhaust leak welded hopefully I can make a outing or 2 and start putting some names to faces. Plans right now are SM which was taken out, knock gauge(same) and alchy. After that pretty much just going to start stripping the interior and patching/replacing body parts, picking up a door next weekend. Other odds and ends include wiring issues (lights to tach radio and missing power antenna) but for the most part the car is solid with 1 bad rattle.
Well that is pretty much it for now so hope to see some of you soon and look forward to the wealth of information the people from this board have. I'll be the guy with the pad and pen writing everything down at the meets.