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by Noisy Cricket
Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Saturn Quill Bearing
Replies: 2
Views: 22604

Re: Saturn Quill Bearing

I installed a whole lot of those at the dealership...
by Noisy Cricket
Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:09 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1987 Buick Grand National hardtop
Replies: 26
Views: 28473

Re: 1987 Buick Grand National hardtop

It sucks that the car is a fake!! Looking at the pics, I keep thinking that
it's amazing that someone would go through all of the effort to make a
GN out of a normal Regal. All of the parts seem to ...
by Noisy Cricket
Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Chevy vs Ford truck ad
Replies: 8
Views: 10164

Re: Chevy vs Ford truck ad

We will see. A LOT of cars made in the last 15-20 years have aluminum hoods, Audi made many many A8s which are a completely aluminum body (ALL of them, going back to 1998-ish), GM has been doing ...
by Noisy Cricket
Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Brake Lines
Replies: 4
Views: 6329

Re: New Brake Lines

I'm still of the mindset of cutting the old line out and duplicating it on the floor.

The copper coat line is no good for this because it bends TOO easily. Pick it up and it sags under its own weight ...
by Noisy Cricket
Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:12 pm
Forum: Wanted / For Sale
Topic: Wanted: Shop space rent/share in Cleveland area
Replies: 3
Views: 8088

Re: Wanted: Shop space rent/share in Cleveland area

Nothing fancy at all, really... just a 2 wide by 2 deep garage with some 110v outlets. No lifts, no running water.

At current, I have two VW Quantums that need to turn into one 400hp Quantum, an RX-7 ...
by Noisy Cricket
Tue Feb 16, 2016 7:33 pm
Forum: Wanted / For Sale
Topic: want to buy buick gm parts
Replies: 2
Views: 5914

Re: want to buy buick gm parts

Your best bet for the bumper fills is fiberglass aftermarket. The plastic ones are extremely fragile after thirty years, and any used ones are either going to be sagged or will fail shortly anyway ...
by Noisy Cricket
Tue Feb 16, 2016 7:29 pm
Forum: Wanted / For Sale
Topic: Wanted: Shop space rent/share in Cleveland area
Replies: 3
Views: 8088

Re: Wanted: Shop space rent/share in Cleveland area

Got it as of tomorrow! Shallow Pockets Rallycross is moving to Olmsted Falls.
by Noisy Cricket
Tue Feb 16, 2016 7:25 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: 1987 Buick Grand National hardtop
Replies: 26
Views: 28473

Re: 1987 Buick Grand National hardtop

20k GN's produced in 1987
1.5k T Types in 1987

I think I worked on about a third of those GNs. And for some reason no 1986s or hot air cars!

I like the turbines and rally wheels that came stock ...
by Noisy Cricket
Wed Jul 08, 2015 7:24 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Cheap Bastage is at it again - welding brake lines!
Replies: 10
Views: 13215

Re: Cheap Bastage is at it again - welding brake lines!

I made a PCV adaptor for a Subaru 2.5 turbo engine out of a piece of tubing I cut from the fender/cowl brace from a '67 Fairlane... it was a disturbingly perfect fit into the bizarre internal-diameter ...
by Noisy Cricket
Sat May 23, 2015 7:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: That moment when...
Replies: 9
Views: 11365

Re: That moment when...

While rearranging some hard drive stuff, I uploaded a bunch of pictures to my Photobucket account.

http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w396/SPRTUSA/Green%20Monster/GEDC1031.jpg

LQ9 engine, LS6 ...
by Noisy Cricket
Sat May 23, 2015 7:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Quickest Cars on Tiresmoke
Replies: 68
Views: 192133

Re: Quickest Cars on Tiresmoke

Hit a 13.63 at 103 last night at Norwalk, err Summit. With a huge bog off the line (2 second 60'!), in the '84 RX-7 on crispy dried out old all-seasons.

Can't wait for 42 to open up again. Summit ...
by Noisy Cricket
Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What cars interest you?
Replies: 6
Views: 8247

Re: What cars interest you?

They're all pretty sweet. Where I work we see a lot of various classics and street rods. So it's like I don't even need to own one, because I get to wrench on other peoples' cars.

I have a fondness ...
by Noisy Cricket
Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: That moment when...
Replies: 9
Views: 11365

Re: That moment when...

Now with video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSxGz7Dcp2o

Believe it or not, I packed more stuff in there since that picture was taken. Besides the methanol injection, I had to add a water/air ...
by Noisy Cricket
Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: That moment when...
Replies: 9
Views: 11365

Re: That moment when...

Yes, that is exactly what it is.

Somewhere under the forest of plumbing is an LQ9 with a happy cam. Starting it for the first time with the supercharger was like that scene in the police garage in ...
by Noisy Cricket
Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: That moment when...
Replies: 9
Views: 11365

That moment when...

...you sit back and wonder at what exactly it is you've wrought.

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