getdowngranny
Mr. Fix It
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- Jan 8, 2006
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I would like to start a thread on the mistakes we have made on our Turbo Buick's that have led to lessons learned. Caused by either lack of knowledge, lack of patience, or just plain stupidity. Ill go ahead and start.
My first GN over 12 years ago. I wanted to go faster, knew nothing about Turbo Buicks other than it was my dream car. I decided to put an adjustable boost controler and turn the boost up untill I saw knock on the scanmaster. Red 93 street chip, exhaust, CAI, and nothing else. Well, 17 psi no knock, 18 no knock, 19 nothing, 20 nothing. I thought I was golden at 20 with no knock. I knew nothing about turbo buicks and i did not care. I was ripping the streets. Ran ther car hard for a few months until i mushroomed a rod bearing. One bearing looked like it was put in an extrmely powerful press and smushed to hell. When I took the motor out............ The knock sensor was disconnected the whole time.
My first GN over 12 years ago. I wanted to go faster, knew nothing about Turbo Buicks other than it was my dream car. I decided to put an adjustable boost controler and turn the boost up untill I saw knock on the scanmaster. Red 93 street chip, exhaust, CAI, and nothing else. Well, 17 psi no knock, 18 no knock, 19 nothing, 20 nothing. I thought I was golden at 20 with no knock. I knew nothing about turbo buicks and i did not care. I was ripping the streets. Ran ther car hard for a few months until i mushroomed a rod bearing. One bearing looked like it was put in an extrmely powerful press and smushed to hell. When I took the motor out............ The knock sensor was disconnected the whole time.
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