Buick to Buick Swap

bill shurvinton · Post by **bill shurvinton** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:47 am

now that is nutty Eliot.

Must stop reading this thread since I am now the proud owner of a classic rangy

EDIT: just seen this: search.ebay.com/310021251658

That would do it

Post by **Rossco** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:41 pm

You could get a 455 with more bhp and way more torque for a fraction of the price.

Megasquirt it and it'll still cost far less than that

Also the transfer case output to the front axle is on the wrong side for a Classic Rangie

bill shurvinton · Post by **bill shurvinton** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:19 pm

I could, but I just couldn't come to terms with adding all that weight in the front. give me time and I could be converted thought...

Post by **Rossco** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:34 pm

Bill, the Buick 455 weighs about 150lbs less than the Chevy 454

bill shurvinton · Post by **bill shurvinton** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:42 pm

yeah, but compared to say, an LS1 its still quite a lot of extra mass...

Now I also realise that there is more to a performance package than block weight. And I know I am odd in coming from the se7ening world where 500kgs for the whole package is the goal.

One day I'll get over this fixation, but not tonight as I have been drooling over the TA performance ally 231 V6 blocks and heads. Shame that, at $4k just for the block casting I will never be able to justify one.

Post by **Rossco** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:56 pm

it's here

Arrived Southampton on Friday and was unpacked today.

Post by **Coops** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:44 pm

when you collecting it Allan?

Post by **Rossco** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:59 am

Thinking of EFi for the 455 as a long term project.

Do I go MegaSquirt or VEMS?

Post by **Coops** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:18 pm

the choice is yours mate,
both the vems and megasquirt are being used by members of this forum, so support will be available,

Post by **Rossco** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:48 pm

thev8kid wrote:the choice is yours mate,
both the vems and megasquirt are being used by members of this forum, so support will be available,

Great help that was

I'll flip a coin later and let you all know

Post by **Coops** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:09 pm

sorry about that,
if i said go vems i would of been told i was being bias,

It's hard to say mate, as at one time MS was the most sought after ecu,
but now there is vems also.
what do you want from the ecu?
vems does injection with wide band control and ignition control as standard,
where as the MS you need to add megajolt if im correct, i did hear that MS were doing an all in one unit like the vems, Bill will be able to clear this up though if im right or wrong,

Vems is a prebuilt unit which pushes the price up,
where with MS you can buy a kit, get a part built, or a fully built unit, offering a wider range of price options,

r2d2hp · Post by **r2d2hp** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:51 pm

If I were you Allan would go for something that has proper support behind it.

If I had not picked up my Emerald cheap I think it would have been the Omex.

Post by **katanaman** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:55 pm

r2d2hp wrote:If I were you Allan would go for something that has proper support behind it.

If I had not picked up my Emerald cheap I think it would have been the Omex.

That's odd last time you said if I hadn't... you would have used a Mark Adams chipped gems or was it hotwire or........

Post by **Rossco** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:06 pm

thev8kid wrote:sorry about that,
if i said go vems i would of been told i was being bias,

And you would have been.....

r2d2hp · Post by **r2d2hp** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:14 pm

Thats what happens when you get old, one gets confused easily.