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[TheSilverBuick]

RIP Groucho....

[TheSilverBuick]

Up and running and sounding good! I still need to take it for a test drive on the street, but it just sounds right so I'm optimistic.

I had...

[TheSilverBuick]

Go big or go home. Says they charge in 30 minutes on a 6 MEGAwatt charger. Doesn't say how much of a shift the battery lasts, though the time it last...

[TheSilverBuick]

Cleaned up the head surface and took a look at fitting the cast valve covers. I was a tad concerned about the evaporator box, but it clears fine. I will...

[TheSilverBuick]

Great comparison pictures, that is a monster turbo! I'd like to use the GT45 to get the Centurion from 320HP to like 500HP and peak at like 5,200 rpm...

[TheSilverBuick]

Oh I'll have to look for the Richard video, because I was thinking when I put a sensible turbo on my Firebird I may cobble the chinese GT45 to my Centurion's...

[TheSilverBuick]

I used the rope on my Firebird a handful of times. Changing springs and valve guide seals. It worked just fine there. I didn't trust that engine to seal...

[TheSilverBuick]

Is this done yet?

[TheSilverBuick]

Got my valve spring compressor tool welded together and it worked pretty well. Compressing springs on #6, 7 and 8 was easy though the retrieving and setting...

[TheSilverBuick]

Waaaaay over due. I was looking at the e-mail to see what the seat spring pressure was set to, and it was 135 psi, but it was checked in 2013 not 2015!...

[TheSilverBuick]

In between troubleshooting the Skylark I put an external transmission oil cooler on the Firebird and loomed up the wiring. Still need to actually wire...

[TheSilverBuick]

Since the last post chasing the mis-fire I put in new spark plugs and wires, and I did find one spark plug wire (#6) with no continuity. After that it...