Hello! My name is Chris Lee and I recently purchased TTA #81 VIN # 1G5FW2173KL227269. My car was rough when I bought it and am trying to go through it as best I can. Basically the motor mounts and turbo where shot, the tranny had been gone through but was replaced with a non BFG code tranny with the wrong converter and speedo gears. On top of that when I pulled the engine to install the new cam (208/208)and valve springs the oil pan had a lot of trash in it (timing gear pieces and what looks like old head gasket material) so the main caps were pulled. Of course the bearings had grooves in them from trash passing through them. So now I have some questions. I want to rering and install new bearings in this motor, do the TTA pistions use the same rings as the buick motors do? I am wanting to use Total seal rings and Clevite 77 bearings, does any one have the specific part numbers for standard bore rings and .010 under crank bearings. I allready have most of the parts for this motor, cam, lifters, gaskets, timing chain cover with high volume pump, motor mounts, vacuum lines, pts 9x11 2800 stall. I've also flushed the intercooler like described at gnttype.org. Can any tell me which speedo gear combo the TTA uses? I'm wanting to get a three angle valve job for the heads and have the machine shop inspect them, I really cant afford to have them ported right now. Any suggestions on anything would be greatly appreciated. I have some pictures of the car when I bought it and up to the point I'm at now, if any one can host them I would gladly post them. Over all the car has a very good interior (cloth car) and the body is straight but in primer
. I plan on running a pt51 turbo, unless the new gt's come out before then
. Also, I want to have the headers coated, but jet hot doesnt offer there high polish finish in the heat range I want, what have others done? Sorry for jumping from topic to topic but I keep remebering things as I write. Thats all I can think of at the moment but I'm sure I will remember things later on. Thanks for the help!!!
Chris Lee
St Augustine Fla


Chris Lee
St Augustine Fla