Any 3800 shops near Chicago
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judging someone because of where they bought the car.
I was just messing around OP.
The fact of the matter is that I've seen countless threads similar to this and rarely does anybody get help with the tuning aspect. Unless you are with the 3800 in-crowd chances are you're Sol unless you go to a 3800 vendor. Hopefully you got a KILLER deal for this headache. Good Luck!
The fact of the matter is that I've seen countless threads similar to this and rarely does anybody get help with the tuning aspect. Unless you are with the 3800 in-crowd chances are you're Sol unless you go to a 3800 vendor. Hopefully you got a KILLER deal for this headache. Good Luck!
There is a difference between "Fix this for me" and "Help me fix this" Sine the OP seems to just want to pay someone to do it, we point him to a shop. If he wants to fix it himself with some help and guidance from the "3800 in-crowd" we are down. It is winter, none of the "In-Crowd" has an actual shop, and garage space is tight, and no-one wants to work outside when it is 10* and snowing.
As far as shop goes, He could also try Goodfellas
This car was listed on RegalGS forum also but I get your point and it is well taken. I looked on Ebay, CL, Autotrader, 3800pro, Clubgp, GrandPrixforum, and Pontiacforum and have been looking awhile. This car was the closest one within my budget with the mods I wanted in a Regal. I think more of the problem is that I was inexperienced on what to look for or ask about that is why I was looking for good direction with this thread. What I didn't expect was people I don't know offering not only suggestions but their time and effort to help resolve the issues, this is a really good group here.
When I get a break in my schedule I will start on getting this back to where it should be.
When I get a break in my schedule I will start on getting this back to where it should be.
Bring it to PAF, the new 3800 hot spot, I only charge beer and food for a nice heated garage. If you break your junk and cant drive it home i may, or may not push it on to the RR tracks. lol
I didn't realize that car sold so fast with the issues it had. I know that car was taken care of by the previous owner that posted it up on rgs.org, but if the new owner changed out the diff and whatnot, then thats pretty shitty on their part to say the car "only" needs those few things that might have screwed stuff up to begin with.
Did you post up all the issues in that thread? Obviously you bought it as is, I just hope nothing else is wrong
Did you post up all the issues in that thread? Obviously you bought it as is, I just hope nothing else is wrong
I didn't know the car changed owners while it was posted on rgs.org. I did post a comment on there that it wasn't well represented and I asked the seller about the problems too but after that I left things alone. I bought the car as is so I just wanted to move forward with it as a project. I paid 2800 for it so I wasn't expecting it to be turnkey and that is why I wanted more experienced eyes to go over everything to point our issues in it.
i dont think you did too bad its a sharp looking car, I would fix what you can and take it to one of the shops panda listed for a tune and look over and you will be happy with the results
on a side note does anybody know if you can tune the abs light out on this car and other older wbody's
Available to do my lower control arm there soon?
Ya you can do it there, but I aint doin shit beside making smug remarks about your rust with Panda.
Yep, take the bulb out.
It is to an extent if I remember right. I think Intense had a tuner or two that would do their stuff, but yeah I think he did some work for them. I really met the guy through the shop that helped get me into all of this 3800 madness, Milzy Motorsports. Milzy used their tuning shop to dyno his cars. Brian burned the midnight oil on a couple of tuning occasions when we ended up finishing the car at like 10pm or even way later a couple of times.
Brian and his dad are good peeps though. They barely knew me, but would still damn near offer me the shirt off their backs. I will recommend them for as long as they are open. I think they now do street type tuning through e-mail and HPT which is a great option if you don't want to drive to Ohio.
Sorry between the snow, and family illness here I was set back awhile. As requested I took some pics of the engine compartment and underneath for those who asked. I found 4 loose harnesses but I think one is the fog light. Also I wanted to know can someone tell if the EGR is deleted, I didn't find anything that resembled an EGR valve:
While compartment
Loose harness on top right behind the SC:
Two harness below hanging near the passenger side underneath engine (one is green the other gray/black):
What is this sits behind SC?
Is this factory or a block off plate for something?
Loose harness behind driver's foglight:
Is this the VSS?
Should this filter get an enclosure, its covered with dirt:
Lines leaking red fluid (trans?)
What does this rod actuate behind engine and below vacuum assist?
While compartment
Loose harness on top right behind the SC:
Two harness below hanging near the passenger side underneath engine (one is green the other gray/black):
What is this sits behind SC?
Is this factory or a block off plate for something?
Loose harness behind driver's foglight:
Is this the VSS?
Should this filter get an enclosure, its covered with dirt:
Lines leaking red fluid (trans?)
What does this rod actuate behind engine and below vacuum assist?
egr is removed, that 5 wire plug is the egr. the 2 wire looks like either the AIR pump or a fog light...the black thing is the evap purge valve...its blocked off which shouldnt be a problem.
that plug on the trans is the main trans plug...the vss is on the differential. the rod is the shifter linkage...
that plug on the trans is the main trans plug...the vss is on the differential. the rod is the shifter linkage...
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