What have you done to your TGP/TSTE lately?

bake82 · January 09, 2011, 08:03:40 PM

I am about half way through replacing my complete wiring harness.....dash is completely out and I am awaiting the 5spd firewall plate from John before I can begin putting the rest of the harness and dash back together. Then throw interior in and then motor/tranny back in...oh the joy!

jarrade · January 09, 2011, 10:19:14 PM

Saturday afternoon i put brand new acdelco platinum plugs in with new delco wires. Then i put my new chip in and my hypertech 160 degree thermostat. theres a huge power difference. Im really happy with it! Now i have to change the crossover and do the boost controller and bov, then get some good rubber on it.

intern8tion9l · January 10, 2011, 04:24:51 PM

Quote from: jarrade on January 09, 2011, 12:23:28 AM
The bov is a type rs. And the boost controller is just a universal 1

ah. i have that one too

jarrade · January 11, 2011, 11:58:15 AM

How loud is it?

intern8tion9l · January 12, 2011, 11:40:39 AM

it's def loud. nothing special about the tone though, just a loud psshhh. i would have rather had the type s if they didn't stop making it.

NTRCOOL · January 22, 2011, 06:01:48 PM

How is winter treating everybody. Things are slow on my end but nothing major has happened yet. I'm still unemployed and hoping for some good news from two interviews next week. I have had more time to work on model cars due to the fact I don't like going outside. One of my TGP models has successfully been cut into a convertible and is ready for paint. Only reason I cut it up was because the body was stressed in the roof area from poor storage of the model of the previous owner. When I get a chance I'll post some pics of the build.

manifoldsrme · January 22, 2011, 09:16:21 PM

My tgp and my tgp parts car are both under 3 feet of snow! :icon_mad: In the spring ALL the interior gets ripped out and the parts car interior goes in. Seats, dash, rear package tray. It's all trashed and I have great replacement parts. Then I am sorting out why it stumbles and hesitates and runs like crap when I nail the gas. The parts car runs awesome but has a rod knock. I am swapping over the coils, fuel rail and injectors, the turbo, everything until it runs right. Then comes paint. I am VERY fortunate. A good friend of mine does classic car restorations for a living. Literally quarter million dollar restos where he works on a car for 18 months making sure every nut and bolt is perfect and polished. He does tons of work on the side at VERY reasonable prices. He has checked my car over and since it was a Texas car it has ZERO rust. He needs it for 3 weeks and $2000 and he is hooking me up with a paint job that anyone else would want 3 or 4 times more than that for. Of course, I will post pics. He is in my Camaro car club of which I am a founding member and has already painted a half dozen other members cars. His work is truly unbelievable, better than any other prep and painter I have ever seen. I so can't wait for spring! Like I said, we have already made the plans and the money is set aside. That is what I have planned for my car. Then the tgp becomes my show car and my IROC is going to become more drag strip oriented. There are more and more IROC's at the shows. I have yet to see another tgp at any shows in the New England area.

Jonpro03 · January 23, 2011, 07:47:49 AM

That sounds VERY exciting!

NTRCOOL · March 15, 2011, 04:40:25 PM

I made my Turbo badge on my instrument cluster light up 20 extra HP lol. next will be the black tgp.

bake82 · March 16, 2011, 06:27:54 PM

My turbo cutlass is going to become a supercharged Cutlass instead. Joining the L67 world.....

manifoldsrme · April 04, 2011, 11:29:17 AM

Put the TGP on the road this weekend. So far everything is good. Looks like around June 12th is when it goes in for paint. On a side note my 85 IROC's original engine finally gave out so I have to swap in a replacement engine. It's a 350 that dynoed 260 horse and 435 torque. Wont have much top end but should scream from stoplight to stoplight! :icon_mrgreen: Glad spring is here!

flybynite · April 05, 2011, 12:28:37 PM

Lowered my red TGP a few weeks ago. :icon_twisted:

maxlap21 · April 06, 2011, 12:14:49 AM

Got mine out last Sunday, fired up right away. Gotta do an oil change then recheck all my vacuum line (maybe fix my cruise), install my front STB, try to get a RSTB (from w-body) and hopefully by the end of summer get it lowered.

Flybynite, do you have a thread on lowering your TGP? I read that you cut the front coils, what about the rear?

flybynite · April 06, 2011, 05:05:54 AM

Quote from: maxlap21 on April 06, 2011, 12:14:49 AM
Flybynite, do you have a thread on lowering your TGP? I read that you cut the front coils, what about the rear?

I used a 3" lowering spring from birchmount on the rear. As for the the front I just trimmed the coils until the desired ride height was achieved. :icon_cool:

bake82 · April 06, 2011, 07:57:49 AM

Quote from: maxlap21 on April 06, 2011, 12:14:49 AM
Got mine out last Sunday, fired up right away. Gotta do an oil change then recheck all my vacuum line (maybe fix my cruise), install my front STB, try to get a RSTB (from w-body) and hopefully by the end of summer get it lowered.

Flybynite, do you have a thread on lowering your TGP? I read that you cut the front coils, what about the rear?

Awesome!!! Glad to hear my old car is still alive and well!!