Who has the fastest ET or MPH on a TE44???

[jojo]

Originally posted by UNGN
Jojo,

All you need is a race chip, race gas, right side airbag and 28" slicks and to turn up the boost. Note that 28" tires are key to running 11's with a stock motor. 26" tires need too many RPM's and will take more effort.

Cool UNGN got the race chip, just have to install it. its a JL 110 as for the air bags? ive been meaning to ask this question. Can i put an air bag in my setup now for the street? and keep my nittos on there and gain anything?. If so where can i get the bag from? and the 28" tires will fit right on to my 16" rims with no problem?.

thanks again

jojo

 

[blackbuick87]

I just ordered an air bag from www.cottonsperformance.com.
Hopefully it will be here today, I think it was $38 plus shipping

 

[jojo]

Originally posted by blackbuick87
I just ordered an air bag from www.cottonsperformance.com.
Hopefully it will be here today, I think it was $38 plus shipping

Cool black, not real familiar yet with these things. Are they pretty easy to install? what do you do, just stuff them inside the spring? and fillem with air?

thanks

jojo

 

[turbo buicks]

pretty basically from what ive seen/heard

 

[ghall]

Originally posted by jojo
Cool black, not real familiar yet with these things. Are they pretty easy to install? what do you do, just stuff them inside the spring? and fillem with air?

thanks

jojo

Airbags are very easy-i did both sides in about an hour w/o problems and mounting the valves in the rear bumper.

By the way-i went 11.80 @117.50 with conv. not locked on my turbo(turbonetics equiv. of a te-44)----seemed to be some left

Geoff

 

[VictoryTrans]

I believe that Kent Rudbeck ran high 10's(?) years ago with either a TE-44 or TA-49, not sure though. Maybe his son can chime in to clear it up

 

[TurboDave]

Originally posted by TurboV6
Dam how do you guys do it? 117, 118 and a 119 mph! I could barely squeeze out 114 mph. Tell me your secrets

No secrets at all. Just locking the torque converter right after the 2-3 shift. (high quality locking torque converters will get you there).

On the rare occasions that I didn't lock the converter my mph's were down in the 112-114 ranges also.

 

[86brick]

Alex (blackshoebox) told me a while back that he was at a track rental two years ago and saw a GN with a TE44, ported stock heads with port matched intake, stock cam, 009's, Red's 106 low timing chip, MJ 17 row IC, and a 75 shot of the juice run 10.78 @125mph with a 1.53 60' time.... The one well know Buick mechanic down there named Freddie did all the work on the car and I believe he raced the car as well and keep in mind the night of the track rental the weather was perfect (around 40-50*) from what Alex told me and the track was hooking very well.... I'm pretty sure Brad (BLACK6PACK) knows the guy Freddie and I think he might have been there as well so maybe he will chime in

 

[86brick]

BTW, the GN I mentioned was running 11.30's @118mph without the spray and it had a stock D5 or a 12" 2800 stall converter (can't remember for sure which one it had)....

 

[Turbojorge]

So Far....

Check sig. Pretty good considering it's a stock motor with 157,000 miles and a terrible 60' . That was my first time out with the new turbo so it will improve...soon.

BTW, that was running 23psi/30* on C-12 and I never got the 02's bellow .800.

 

[Rob Scala]

Thanks for the responses guys! As I can see I'm gonna need a bigger turbo than that te44. I really need to be around 126 to 130 mph, Thanks again!

 

[TURBOV6]

Originally posted by TurboDave
No secrets at all. Just locking the torque converter right after the 2-3 shift. (high quality locking torque converters will get you there).

On the rare occasions that I didn't lock the converter my mph's were down in the 112-114 ranges also.

I did lock-up the torque convertor but not too shure right after 2-3 gear. High quailty? I have a Art-Carr. Would you consider it a 'quality TC?

 

[Grumpy]

a D5 is a quality converter

 

[BLACK6PACK]

I think I was there. I won't make any comments on Freddie. He doesn't seem to like me for some reason!

 

[TurboDave]

Originally posted by TurboV6
I did lock-up the torque convertor but not too shure right after 2-3 gear. High quailty? I have a Art-Carr. Would you consider it a 'quality TC?

Depends on when you bought it, whether or not it's a "real" art carr, or one from the junk builders that bought his business back several years ago.

Art is back in business under his own name, and has been producing them for almost a year, maybe, not quite. If it's that new, then maybe you got a good one. Older than a year and it's likely a piece of ****