UNDER PRESSURE

[Rick93coupe]

Your garage is too clean

Just recently, It was a mess a few weeks ago. Having some nice weather went a long ways towards getting it straightened out. If I could only get rid of this 4cyl automatic, I'd have another whole corner cleared out. I need a place to park the bike too. Its hogging up valuable wrenching room.

[stangman_5]

wow, i really like the blue your going with, that thing is going to look wicked

[plated]

looks like a hell of a start.i just sold a car exactly like that i thought it was it at first.turbo hot side looks like nice stuff.that guy does awsome work.you should have a helluva car when she's done

[Rick93coupe]

Yeah, I'm digging the color, I think its gonna be sweet!

[Rick93coupe]

new racecraft caster camber plates


Trick lightweight balancer

Another look at it


Front brakes are 2002 GT PBR's, I'm sure they'll work much better than the small stock ones. I have a feeling it may be a little harder to stop this yr!

[Rick93coupe]

JW "wheel" flexplate for TH400


CVR gear reduction starter, not like I'll need it at my compression level..lol.



OK OK,,, I cheaped out a little here, but damn, sometimes Jegs just has better pricing on stuff! I'll be sure and take the sticker off of it. Might even mount it behind the fender.


140 or 160 amp alternator, cant remember now.


Might sell this and get something digital, not sure yet.

[glassman]

Rick you have a pm. Jason

[MFIELD]

Yes I'm painting it Vista Blue. Unfortunately I spent my paint money on the DFI with wideband. So now I'm saving again to get it done.

This is what the color looks like.

Hey I remember that picture. Looks like you are making good progress. Keep at it. I may be interested in that msd box let me know what you want for it.

[92coupe]

Looks good Rick!

[Rick93coupe]

Hey I remember that picture. Looks like you are making good progress. Keep at it. I may be interested in that msd box let me know what you want for it.

Will do, I'm still up in the air on it right now. I'll give you a call when I know something more.

[Rick93coupe]

Brian came out today and we stripped the car down some more. Its sort of taken a backseat here lately while I've been buying stuff for the house. We took everything out but the carpet, those damn torx bits for the seatbelts are fukken with me. We removed the interior and quarter windows to get it ready for a cage and paint.

[WhiteT]

I just got Accel gen7 for my car. Love it...best mod ever. I went with that over FAST XFI and am very happy I did.

Good luck with the build

[Sharad]

I went with that over FAST XFI and am very happy I did.

Why Accel over FAST?

[WhiteT]

Why Accel over FAST?

The guy that helped me build my engine is local and great w/ Accel. He works with Accel, FAST and BS3 and recommended the gen7 over the other 2. It only took me one quick crash course and a few hours on my own to figure the software out.

Also a few people in the Buick V6 world have had some problems arise. Basically the system "skipping a beat" halfway through a run. One guy lost his engine completely, the other 2 got lucky and just blew headgaskets.

[Rick93coupe]

I decided I was either going to run the Accel or BS3 a long time ago. I have the software for all of them on my pc, including AEM. I don't really think you can go wrong with any of them really. When you start trying to make large amounts of HP, the smallest things can kill a motor. I personally think its just luck of the draw. Keep in mind, Pro 5.0 used to run the old Gen6 DFI.

[Sharad]

The guy that helped me build my engine is local and great w/ Accel. He works with Accel, FAST and BS3 and recommended the gen7 over the other 2. It only took me one quick crash course and a few hours on my own to figure the software out.

Also a few people in the Buick V6 world have had some problems arise. Basically the system "skipping a beat" halfway through a run. One guy lost his engine completely, the other 2 got lucky and just blew headgaskets.

Ok. So you've heard some things. Who is the guy that helped you build your engine? Did he say specifically what he liked about the Gen 7 over the others?

I thought you were saying there's something you personally didn't like about XFI. FAST and ACCEL have been two of the most popular standalones forever, so when I bought my XFI a year and a half ago, I was pretty confident that it would do just fine. I'm almost finished installing the system (in sequential mode) and I'm really looking forward to tuning with it. I'll post my personal experiences with it in the tuning forum.

Rick, where will you go for your dyno tune?

[WhiteT]

Ok. So you've heard some things. Who is the guy that helped you build your engine? Did he say specifically what he liked about the Gen 7 over the others?

I thought you were saying there's something you personally didn't like about XFI. FAST and ACCEL have been two of the most popular standalones forever, so when I bought my XFI a year and a half ago, I was pretty confident that it would do just fine. I'm almost finished installing the system (in sequential mode) and I'm really looking forward to tuning with it. I'll post my personal experiences with it in the tuning forum.

Rick, where will you go for your dyno tune?

I like the fact that Gen7 has twice as many cells in the ve and timing table. I like the fact that the gen7 uses a $75 Bosch WB opposed to Fast's $350 sensor. I like the fact that Gen7 can use a factory knock sensor. Also the gen7 can use the stock Buick ignition system w/o a $150 harness. It goes on and on.

My car does run and I am posting my first hand knowledge on the Gen7. Trust me, I wouldn't go out and spend $2K for an ECU package w/o doing a ton of research.

[Rick93coupe]

Rick, where will you go for your dyno tune?

I'm looking into to taking some classes to tune it myself, but I've also talked to Jeff at Precision about setting up a baseline.

[ibstrokin]

I like the fact that Gen7 has twice as many cells in the ve and timing table. I like the fact that the gen7 uses a $75 Bosch WB opposed to Fast's $350 sensor. I like the fact that Gen7 can use a factory knock sensor. Also the gen7 can use the stock Buick ignition system w/o a $150 harness. It goes on and on.

My car does run and I am posting my first hand knowledge on the Gen7. Trust me, I wouldn't go out and spend $2K for an ECU package w/o doing a ton of research.

Great answer White T. No offense Sharad, but you make your self sound like a Dick,-- ALOT.

Sorry for hijacking your post Rick.

[snotzs135]

rick where did you get your trunk lid and how does it fit?