Jonesy
USMC Iraq Combat
- Joined
- May 15, 2017
- Messages
- 32
Hey all, I've been reading this site for about a week straight day and night. I have a few Buicks, (grew up in Flint and whole family worked there) and am just getting around to spending a lil quality time with my GN. This car is the car that was shown on Fantomworks, not that it matters. It's an original car with 32,323 miles. I know the ownership history since day one. I bought it sight unseen while in Camp Pendleton and picked it up while in Norfolk. It had 28,000 or so miles on it when I got it in 2015? 2016? Damn, I'm getting old.
Anyway, It's still got it's 28lb injectors, factory FP and FPR, MAF sensor and just about everything else. It's got a TT chip for 93 octane and I am running a SM 2.1 I just replaced the valve covers and up pipe with stock pieces, put a new heater core in it along with all new radiator/heating hoses. I had to cut off the original radiator hoses dated 1987. I sourced the passenger valve cover breather tube as it had k and n breathers in the old VC's. Put an NOS vacuum line with the factory "y" for the waste gate solenoid. Re did the front sway bar bushings and end links, re cored the radiator and drained the block as I am getting ready to run Evans. I just did the powermaster to vacuum conversion with a new pedal ( that was fun) and put braided brake to cylinder lines on. It has a 160 thermostat, a catless aftermarket exhaust and factory IC. Replaced the spark plugs with original AC Delco 43 green rings.
The car runs flawlessly, idled perfect and never a hesitation. Should I say the car "ran" flawlessly, we"ll have to see if anything changed since the few things I did. From reading, I will keep an eye on my Int and BLM's, TPS, and IAC counts as I have removed a non-metered vacuum leak/leaks from the breathers and put the stock metal tube back on. It has had a PVC since I bought it and will be leaving it in place.
Anyhow, I will continue to read and reread. I have zero plans to change anything at all. I drive my cars like the old man that I am becoming. Here are a few pics.
Anyway, It's still got it's 28lb injectors, factory FP and FPR, MAF sensor and just about everything else. It's got a TT chip for 93 octane and I am running a SM 2.1 I just replaced the valve covers and up pipe with stock pieces, put a new heater core in it along with all new radiator/heating hoses. I had to cut off the original radiator hoses dated 1987. I sourced the passenger valve cover breather tube as it had k and n breathers in the old VC's. Put an NOS vacuum line with the factory "y" for the waste gate solenoid. Re did the front sway bar bushings and end links, re cored the radiator and drained the block as I am getting ready to run Evans. I just did the powermaster to vacuum conversion with a new pedal ( that was fun) and put braided brake to cylinder lines on. It has a 160 thermostat, a catless aftermarket exhaust and factory IC. Replaced the spark plugs with original AC Delco 43 green rings.
The car runs flawlessly, idled perfect and never a hesitation. Should I say the car "ran" flawlessly, we"ll have to see if anything changed since the few things I did. From reading, I will keep an eye on my Int and BLM's, TPS, and IAC counts as I have removed a non-metered vacuum leak/leaks from the breathers and put the stock metal tube back on. It has had a PVC since I bought it and will be leaving it in place.
Anyhow, I will continue to read and reread. I have zero plans to change anything at all. I drive my cars like the old man that I am becoming. Here are a few pics.