I doubt the multi-dose of heavy detonation it got on the mass pike in 3rd gear had nothing to do with it
. When i see a car go from running 116+mph in the quarter to 111mph id have to question what changed and how it was dialed in after the changes were made. I would not blame that loss of mph on anything other than the person making the call on what is done for modifications and failure to re-dial after the changes are made since it was headed in the right direction and ran decent mph for a alky 93 application with a 44 and presumably unported heads on mild boost without knowing anything about the other engines internal mods. I noticed the TE44 turbo that was on there had been swapped out. Whoever did the tuning with that turbo on there was going in the right direction. I inquired about the swap and was alerted it was "upgraded" to a 66 ball bearing. Upgraded huh. Hmmm. A 66 turbo on an engine that the owner knows nothing about the internals of. That really seams necessary
. Who the hell rec'd that turbo? It hadnt even come close to using up the 44 yet imo. Thats right always throw bigger more expensive parts on it and it will go faster
. The $ spent on that turbo could have been used elsewhere to actually make the car quicker/more reliable. Instead it was likely over boosted, detonated, and ran slower because of failure to re-tune after making changes. Be sure to post pics of the rod bearings that come out of that engine so we will know the truth about the "noise". You should actually tape record the tear down so there is no doubt about what engine is being torn down. I owned this car for about 4 months. It ran like a champ.
http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/cars-sale/295906-1987-buick-t-we4-8-700-a.html. The car needed a couple tires, control arm bushing replacement, interior detatield, fuel pump(s) replaced, and a few minor things and was a really decent driver. Jim sorry for spamming your thread. I wont do any more responses to this here. Btw your car is a bad a$$ bullet. Nice job last Friday.
