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The TSTE rebuild topic (56k get cable)


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thanks. well the tips actually worked out for me because I was only expecting to be getting the flowmasters from the craigslist ad, then I showed up to buy them and they actually had the tips that I had been thinking about buying already on them. I love those tips. I got $80 tips (iirc) that I wanted, with the 2 ~$80? Flowmasters for 50 bucks total used so I can't complain.

 

The guy I got them from had actually taken them off of his MINT Z34. I should have gotten a picture, it was in really good shape, and I don't even like Luminas lol. I dunno how far the Z34 bumper sticks out compared to the GPs, but either it's a lot further or the guy had really bad taste in exhaust placement. Because this is one of them after I picked them up:

 

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I must have cut out 4" of pipe to bring the tip closer to the muffler, otherwise it would've been sticking out that far from under my bumper.

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Ordered a new slave cyl from NAPA.. from what's pictured on their site now, it looks like they're custom manufactured pieces, not rebuilt/copied stockers. The apparently have a bleed screw built in, which is a welcomed change. Hopefully should have time to work on this... next Friday? lol uuugh.

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5 years in November. If I hadn't already wasted so much time and money on this car, I would've gotten rid of it long ago. No more W-bodies for me after this. Cutlass is already waiting to be torn down, but first I have to get the TSTE running and inspected so I can register it and transfer the Cutlass plates. Then I start stripping misc. crap from the Cutlass and off to junkertonfieldville it goes. I only really need a car for another 2 months anyway, going to Germany for a full year after that and will hopefully be able to get something else when I get back.

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wow, i thought i'd been working on my tgp forever. i've had mine for 3 years now. to be fair, it was in storage for almost a year and a half of that time.

 

sounds like you have a bad throwout bearing (tranny noise).

 

keep up the good work

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thanks. yea I don't think it's the t/o bearing, cause that was brand new with the spec clutch kit. This is another j/y tranny so who knows what problems I'm sitting on.

 

Mine's taken so long because I had a major change in priorities when I realized how poorly I was doing in school, so it's kinda sat for a while. Plus I had a shit job for a long time and didn't make a whole lot. Not to mention I rebuilt have the car (but it's still rusting/leaking/not running properly, so what's the point.. ugh).

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don't feeltoo bad. that's pretty much the same story with my first 90 grand prix. bought it in high school, had it for about five years.

 

in that time, i put in a tranny, a motor, an entire 97 cutlass interior (there's a thread here somewhere), another tranny, and finally a motor that ran for 10 miles and quit again.

 

i finally donated it to the fire department for them to cut up.

 

now i have this turbo, i'm laid off, and still trying to live off unemployment and still restore it. i may never get it done, either:laugh:

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