The Buick Build Sheet!

The Buick Build Sheet!

Engine

Original iron 109 block, bored .030″ over
T6 Performance 4340 steel forged stroker crankshaft
Crank plus overbore gives 4.1L engine, approximately 9:1 compression
TA Performance billet steel main caps
ARP main cap studs
Molnar H-Beam connecting rods
ARP connecting rod bolts
CP Carrillo custom forged pistons, full floating wristpins
Comp Cams 212/212 small base circle roller camshaft
Erson roller lifters, made right here in Louisville, Kentucky
Original iron heads, full port and polish job
Cometic head gaskets
ARP head studs
Original valves with a five angle job
TA Performance heavy-duty rocker shafts and rockers
TA Performance cast valve covers
OEM Intake manifold port matched with the heads
Cruz Performance 1″ plenum spacer with Push-Loc vacuum taps replaces all push-on rubber vacuum/boost line
Stock throttlebody
BHJ SFI approved harmonic balancer
JW SFI approved flexplate
Owner blueprinted and ported front cover
Flowkooler high efficiency water pump
GN1 stretched stock location intercooler
PTE 5858 turbocharger: ball bearing center section, ceramic impeller and billet compressor wheel
Genuine ATR 2.5″ dual stainless steel exhaust with Pit Bull mufflers
Owner fabricated custom cold air intake with K&N Cone filter

Fabricating cold air intake

GNS Performance aluminum radiator with dual 1300cfm Spahl fans
B&M transmission cooler
B&M engine oil cooler
Deral power steering cooler

Fuel System

Deatchwerks 90lb/hr fuel injectors
Accufab adjustable fuel pressure regulator
Racetronix fuel line kit, -8 feed and -6 return line, E85 compatible
Racetronix 450lph in-tank pump on stainless steel sender assembly, E85 compatible, PWM controlled
Racetronix fuel pump hot-wire kit with independent fuse and relay
Racetronix Flex-Fuel conversion kit (sensor and harness)
Holley Hydramat fuel sock

Transmission

200-4R built by Boost Crew Motorsports in Louisville, Kentucky
Stage 3 kit, all billet internal hard parts from CK Performance
Cast aluminum pan
3100rpm Stall Pro-Torque Converter
Two auxiliary transmission coolers
QA1 REV Carbon Fiber driveshaft with 1350 U-joints

Rear End

Original GM 8.5″ 10-bolt
Strange 3.73 ring and pinion
Strange C-clip eliminators with tapered outer bearings

Engine Controls

TurboTweak ECUGN – MS3Pro based ECM customized for Buicks
Coil-near-plug ignition
Additional sensors: Oil pressure, oil temperature, transmission pressure, transmission temperature, fuel pressure, front wheel speed
Closed loop boost control
Traction Control
Launch Control
Realtime on-board datalogging with Wifi interface to e-dash or laptop
Full Flex Fuel vehicle
Optima Red Top Battery

Front Suspension

UMI Performance front upper control arms
Speedtech Performance front lower control arms
Speedway Motors extended ball joints
QA1 Performance double adjustable coil-overs with 750lb springs
Turn One Steering modified power steering pump and steering box
Belltech 2″ Drop Spindles
Speedway Engineering 1.5″ gundrilled splined anti-roll bar with custom link bars and end links

Sway bar and bumpsteer correction shot

Wilwood 12.88″ brake kit with 6-piston Superlite 6R calipers
Wilwood 15/16″ master cylinder, manual
EBC Yellowstuff brake pads for street, EBC Bluestuff for track
Forgestar F-14 18×9.5″ wheels shod in 275/35R18 Falken RT660 Tires

Rear Suspension

QA1 Performance adjustable upper trailing arms
QA1 Performance lower trailing arms
QA1 performance double-adjustable coil-overs with 220lb springs
QA1 Performance Anti-roll bar

Scaredbird disk brake conversion using Wilwood D154 iron calipers and 11″ vented second-gen F-Body rotors
Forgestar F-14 18×9.5″ wheels shod in 275/35R18 Falken RT660 tires

Interior

Original interior (mostly)
Headliner restored by owner
Corbeau four point harness
JVC CD/MP3 head unit
Raspberry Pi 3 based E-dash connected to the ECUGN ECM
Alpine 3.5″ two way dash speakers
JL Audio 6.5″ door speakers
Kicker 4×10″ rear deck speakers

Exterior

Original paint! Ceramic Coated
Front air dams modified with functional brake cooling ducts
Front bumper replaced with lightweight composite unit