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Offline 89BlackTGP

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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #300 on: June 01, 2010, 04:39:29 AM »
White93z34 bought it. Chris D.  Wowzers. Good for him!!
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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #301 on: June 01, 2010, 05:01:56 PM »
http://www.tgpforums.com/index.php/board,19.0.html

that is where you or someone else goes into the computer or (brain) for your specific car and makes changes in the compouter to enhance performance or to fix problem areas.

KennyK (TGPilot) and Flybynite do tunes for our cars and if you dont have one get on - it will be a night and day difference!!!

**my "tune" is off now because of the 3500 UIM so the change of the air volume going into my cylinders needs to have my Air-fuel-ration changed to match it.
Ok i understand but how much does that cost,, and what steps i need to take ,, thanks for the input
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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #302 on: June 01, 2010, 05:24:12 PM »
Yes Chris bought, just got to finish paying for it and picking it up. That will be a rough day to see her go. I will miss looking out there and seeing her sit beside the GTP. But it is going to a good home.

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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #303 on: July 15, 2010, 04:38:04 PM »
Well my black 90 stopped running today. Ah it seemed to either been starved for fuel or the ignition module pooped out. Idk il pop my fuel pressure tester on after work and start there. If i get stumped il start a seperate thread.
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1990 RED TGP leather intr moon roof, blowoff valve msd ign
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1990 Red TGP leather intr, Moon roof, needs trans work
1990 BLACK TGP cloth intr, aftrmrkt moon roof
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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #304 on: August 02, 2010, 10:07:45 PM »
I found and added the lower valance, i found it in a pull-a-part junk yard, by the way the car in the junk , the outside was like new, red
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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #305 on: August 03, 2010, 10:03:10 PM »
Installed a tach and a narrow a/f gauge :icon_razz:

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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #306 on: August 04, 2010, 12:55:41 PM »
Finished the wiring today




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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #307 on: August 06, 2010, 11:35:15 PM »
well i started tinting the window today,, and added the wind visor to the sunroof $39.94 waiting for the window visors to come in in a few more days $39.95 all from AZ pictures coming soon.
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Offline manifoldsrme

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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #308 on: August 07, 2010, 07:41:21 PM »
Went to a yard today and scored a door lock bezel and a shifter handle. The other part I want, a steering wheel was trashed like mine though. Do any other years of these cars use our front grilles?
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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #309 on: August 07, 2010, 08:55:25 PM »
Went to a yard today and scored a door lock bezel and a shifter handle. The other part I want, a steering wheel was trashed like mine though. Do any other years of these cars use our front grilles?
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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #310 on: August 07, 2010, 10:53:45 PM »
The black 90 is almost done hope to be done Sunday night.
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1989 RED TGP leather intr, hard top, added a wing from gtp
1990 RED TGP leather intr moon roof, blowoff valve msd ign
1990 RED TGP leather intr, moon roof, needs just bout everything
1990 Red TGP leather intr, Moon roof, needs trans work
1990 BLACK TGP cloth intr, aftrmrkt moon roof
1977 Chevy Caprice areo back coupe
1980 olds 98 coupe
1981 Lincoln mrk6 coupe
1987 Buick Station wagon-gone to the demo
1987 Buick LeSabere T-Type
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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #311 on: August 24, 2010, 01:17:44 AM »
WEll the Black 90 aka Kitt has been running good for the past few weeks. the 89 Has been doing ok I just got the subframe swapped this past sunday and hope to have a few other details done to it before the car show in Amboy.
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1989 RED TGP leather intr, hard top, added a wing from gtp
1990 RED TGP leather intr moon roof, blowoff valve msd ign
1990 RED TGP leather intr, moon roof, needs just bout everything
1990 Red TGP leather intr, Moon roof, needs trans work
1990 BLACK TGP cloth intr, aftrmrkt moon roof
1977 Chevy Caprice areo back coupe
1980 olds 98 coupe
1981 Lincoln mrk6 coupe
1987 Buick Station wagon-gone to the demo
1987 Buick LeSabere T-Type
1990 Cadillac brougham

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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #312 on: November 10, 2010, 10:25:39 PM »
I've done the following to the Red TGP recently:

-Washed it

-Changed the oil

-finally finished removing a bit of residual rust from the battery tray area(today) and sprayed the battery tray with a flat black primer for now

-painted the intake plenum + front valve cover "aluminum" colored as they were both stained up. I cleaned them with several harsh cleaners and they didn't come out looking as good as I wanted them too. Nothing short of sanding it down or blasting it would have removed the staining, so I just went ahead and painted them.

-Stripped the paint/coating off the coolant bypass pipe, removed a bit of surface rust from it, and repainted it.

-cleaned up almost everything under the hood. I still need to do some more cleaning and I have plans to repaint a few more items and touch-up the red paint in several places where it's scratched up. I'll post a picture or two in the picture thread in just a few minutes...
« Last Edit: November 11, 2010, 09:02:57 PM by mfewtrail »
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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #313 on: November 11, 2010, 09:26:43 AM »
Changed the transmission filter (which hadn't apparently been replaced... ever, because the seal was basically part of the aluminum. We needed a flat-head to get that out!), and today I'm replacing the radiator hoses to get rid of a leak and getting a valve cover breather.

Further down on the list are fixing a crimp in the steel pipe that feeds oil/water to the turbo (eek), a small hose near the heater line, and replacing the gaskets-turned-paper.

EDIT: Also bypassed the crimp with some more hosing and a cutter today.
« Last Edit: November 11, 2010, 04:10:12 PM by Fred931 »

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Re: What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?
« Reply #314 on: November 11, 2010, 12:02:27 PM »
ran my new cold air kit that i made. Ran a piece of the factory lex pipe off the turbo for the bend, then aa small piece of 2 1/2 in steel tubing, then a rubber adapter for the bigger piping, then a piece of 3 inch exhaust to the pasenger side fenderwell.(where factory air box hose ran) Finally mounted air filter behind grilles in the bumper. HUGE power increase. hope to have pics soon!
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