As a fairly new GN owner, this is just amazing content. Really appreciate the contribution of knowledge. Great work.

I’m depressed that it took this many years and my second turbo Buick to finally understand this tuning concept. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Keep up the great work man and thanks for posting this incredible content for us to enjoy

Thank you for taking so much time to explain all of the tuning tips! Great job.

This is the video I've been searching for over a year hahaha thank you for this! This is by far the most educational video I've found and makes the most sense to us "new guys"

@jamiesnider4220

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly didn't even know you could adjust fuel with the scanmaster

That was a great video . I have been chasing my butt on this car for a long time. Video just cleared up a lot for me .thanks Justin

Outstanding video. Thank you. Clear concise directions. Man some KZread ninjas could learn a lot about presenting info from you. Great job.

WOW, THIS VIDEO BRINGS BACK MEMORIES ! I owned an 87 gn wich I purchased in 87 and I was in my teens! Back then dyno tech and eastern performance were the nearest tuners near me on the east coast , NJ ,Staten Island, Pa...Since then I've had many quick , fast, exotic cars but the Gn will never be forgotten... Looking for one now !

😂thank you very much for your videos . I've had my gn since 2001 and just now I'm starting to understand this car ! Thanks again 👌👍👍

Damn, this is the video I've been looking for!

Wow what a informative well made video! Thanks for taking the time to make such a detailed video 👌🏼 Now I want to get a wideband set up.

Thanks so much Justin! I’m learning so much watching your videos.

@J-Finelli231

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it.

Thanks for taking the time to make this video, give us more!!

Thanks for the video I'm starting to straighten my turbo t out keep the videos coming

This video has been very helpful thank you for posting

Excellent video, im gonna share it on facebook forums.

Awesome video , really explained it well !

Pick up too you for that,much needed 🙌

Beyond helpful, thank you so much!

Awesome video! Thank you so much!

Man. Thank you for posting this vid. I've had my GN for 8 years and it's been sitting for 5 of them because i had given up and life got in the way. It's always ran poorly and the "community" has been completely unhelpful. In all my research I had no clue that this was something that you could do. It's as if this was some kind of gatekept secret. The self righteous attitude of people who live on forums has just made me bitter to the experience of owning one of these cars. Hopefully this vid can get me somewhere. Thanks 🙌🙌

Great information. Thanks! 👍😎👍

Just picked up my 1st turbo buick, this video was a fantastic guide for a newbie. Thank you. I have my work cutout for this car. Been upgraded already with no info from the previous owner. Atleast now I have some great direction and troubleshooting tools. Thanks again. Can't wait for more videos.

@J-Finelli231

3 жыл бұрын

I am really glad to hear that. Hope I can provide some more useful information going forward

Thanks for the vid! Good stuff to better understand this thing

Great Video, Thank you.

Thanks. Awsome video.

This is awesome

This is great Justin. Thanks a ton. I'm chasing a KR issue that confuses me where I'm hitting about 10.3 on my wideband which is bottomed out rich and in the .800s on the SM which is also rich but still seeing some KR numbers. So it may be false. I have a noisy turbo shield. Regardless, I'm going to tune anyway as it's summer and can get brutally muggy. Great to see a full video of a simple tune for WOT. Really helpful to me as I've learned and still learning about TRs as this is my first one I've owned. Also, your other video are great about maintenance especially about plug gap. I'm running way wider at like .034 so I'm going to start there first. Great stuff. Thanks again.

@J-Finelli231

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see this being helpful. The biggest thing is having confidence when going WOT because you personally dialed your own car in. Those plugs have been great to me.

Very informative thank you!!

Great video!!

Good job brother on the video

Thank you!!!

Good vid 💯

awesome!!!

This video is GOLD! Thank you for this, Sir! I loved the "Look at those victims," at the end. Those "Scat Snacks," those "Pussy Cats," and "De-horned, de-fanged Demons," to include the , "170!" Lesson in life, don't screw with a Bad Ass Turbo Buick! 😎

Great video ! Lots of great info . Thanks for taking the time to explain everything that's going on with the readings. I have owned my TR since 1994 and have not really understand how the readings work with the tuning of the car. Kind of an long time owner with no tuning skill thanks again. And by the way is that shot of the Hellcats at Dambrsio in Downingtown Pa. I live not far in Morgantown. Maybe I will see you at some local show or meet this season .

@J-Finelli231

3 жыл бұрын

Really glad to see this will be useful. That was my hopes. You are correct about the dealer. I was just getting off 322 from those pulls.

@ZeeCayPeeA

3 жыл бұрын

@@J-Finelli231 again thanks for the info

@bmanchu44

2 жыл бұрын

@@J-Finelli231 nice! I have a TR near downingtown if you’re interested in helping a neighbor!

Turbo Buick 🇺🇲💪🥇

If you live in Massachusetts, joe Derry is the man for all your gn needs

that was an excellent tutorial for all tuners, def helped me with my turbot weak chip, i run 22 psi and have a 10.4 with 128 BL so i will go and see if i can set it and lean out the BL to 123 to see what ARF i get at WOT. now it's time to go with E85 and will have to learn how to tune the MS3pro. if you go E85, please put up a video

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

123 is a good start. Just keep an eye out if you’re in a cold climate that summer 10.4 could be a Winter 10.6-10.7.

Thanks for making this. Showed me what I already suspected, that narrowband and scanmaster is far too inconsistent. Ordering wide band asap!

@J-Finelli231

3 ай бұрын

So glad. The scanmaster has helped many over the years but knowing the info in this video it's crazy not to have a Wideband these days

I'm trying to set the TPS sensor.

Hey Justin.. great video! On your Alky setup.. do you always leave the blue gain knob on #6 and only add or subtract fuel thru the chip?? Is the blue gain knob just a rough setting for fuel? Thanks

@J-Finelli231

Жыл бұрын

I believe the blue Alky gain knob actually controls the pressure at which it sprays. But the volume of meth is the same. The main brain box makes those changes. I leave it at 6 and make fuel changes through the chip.

I have a question about the IAC. When swapping this out of the Buick for a new one is it straightforward plug and Play or is there a whole procedure I have to do?

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

There’s an IAC reset procedure. I’ve never had to do it but I’ve read it over before. You can find it searching with the Keyword “turbobuick” after it.

Thanks for the video. I have a question, I notice on your car the sending unit is pretty close to the turbo. If you had a choice would you place the bung close to the turbo or near the end of the down pipe? The instructions for my gauge say 4" to 5" from the turbo and some of the Buick community think it is too close. I am interested in your opinion. Thanks

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

I’d leave it right where it is. TA Perf puts them here as well as RJC. The car has performed well all these years and never had a AFR related failure. I can’t think of any reason to put it down stream unless it’s just easier for someone to add into the lower exhaust

@BobSmith-ju1qw

2 жыл бұрын

@@J-Finelli231 Thanks you Justin.

Thank you for this information!!!! One question I have is how did you run the wires from the wideband on the passenger side of the car?? Would like to do the same. Thank you again.

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

I think I removed the plug in the passenger side heater box. It’s a rubber plug with 2 or 3 thick wires coming through. I think one is yellow. At first I left the plug popped out. Then I realized if you pull the plug hard it will pop into place with the wide band wires on the side of it

@angelo5775

2 жыл бұрын

@@J-Finelli231 thank you for the tip.can you access that heater box plug by dropping down the glove box??

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

@@angelo5775 from memory, it’s more up under the dash with the glove box closed. Also, try googling “wideband firewall TurboBuick” or something like that and there was a lot of threads on there with pictures and tips.

@angelo5775

2 жыл бұрын

@@J-Finelli231 Thank you again!!!!

Did the LED come with your boost gauge or did you add that? I’m trying to find it but I haven’t had any luck

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a special light that comes with the Alky kit. It turns green and then red depending on the Alky pump pressure

Hi Justin, Question. I just installed a accufab fuel pressure regulator. Is it normal for the pressure to drop down in the fuel rail after the car is turned off? When turning the car on it seems fine and idles good and shows good pressure but once key is turned off the pressure drops again is this normal? And thank you for providing these videos!!!

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

Hello, yes. Very normal. Pressure will drop with the key off. The next time you turn the ignition on, you will hear the fuel pump do a quick prime. This puts pressure at the rail for start up.

@angelo5775

2 жыл бұрын

@@J-Finelli231 thank you for the information. Going to install a new 255 fuel pump next week then tuning time. Again thank you and look forward to future videos.

Can you tune and change parameters of the chip with the old, box style scanmaster?

@J-Finelli231

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Same thing it just looks different.

Would it be smart to get a few chips made? 1 for the track, and 1 for the street. Or is there a way to toggle between the 2 at the same time?

@J-Finelli231

Жыл бұрын

The whole purpose of the video is to show how adjustable they are. You can make the car more or less aggressive tune wise with just one chip

@J-Finelli231

Жыл бұрын

They also used to make a chip called a thumb wheel chip. It had 7 different programmable parameters. Pretty cool

Can they make a chip so I can run regular gas. Premium or booster is getting expensive.

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

When you fill out the chip form with TurboTweak, you can tell him exactly what you want and what you’re doing. I’m sure they can make any chip. You can also remove timing from any chip which would help with lower octane fuel

Are you letting the car shift while tuning wot? I think I heard a shift on a pull. Also why are you not hitting both buttons on the scanmaster to show the mph the number was recorded? That may be the reason you see inconsistency s on the scan master. My scanmaster snapshots are rock solid on 3rd gear pulls with no up or down shift.

@TurboBuRick

9 ай бұрын

Just trying to help. MPH recall is just as important at millivolts and knock.

@TurboBuRick

7 ай бұрын

you still have dome things to learn

If I’m getting 150 bLM at idle what does that mean. It’s 128 bLM underboost I’m told if it runs good leave it alone am I just being paranoid thanks in advance

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

I would search every inch of the vacuum lines. It shouldn’t be at 150. It could be a lot of things.

@Ilovegirlfights2

2 жыл бұрын

@@J-Finelli231 I’m not very handy I think my header cracked again the roads are really bad. They where welded up twice. It’s not knocking it’s not surging when coasting to a stop and at a light it climbs to 150 then when I give it gas the bLMs go back to normal. I appreciate the assistance

Thank you Justin. Yes, yummy victims. LOL. BTW, what do the LED lights beside your gauges indicate?

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

That LED is for the Alky kit. It lets you know the Alky pump is functioning during low pressure and high pressure under boost

Biggest task in car is the electrical system. 30 + year old the wiring wasn’t great when they were new.

@jdgreen214

9 ай бұрын

Its a lot better than the gmc typhoon and syclone. That ignition system with the analog distributor and electronic control module is a nightmare. Turbo heat kills ICMs.

Scanmsster g

Are you located in lancaster ?

@J-Finelli231

2 жыл бұрын

About an hour and 20 minutes East of Lancaster

@claytonhaske

Жыл бұрын

@@J-Finelli231 ohio?

@J-Finelli231

Жыл бұрын

Lancaster Pennsylvania, sorry

@karsonricelli1492

11 ай бұрын

Where ya at in PA? I'm up in bucks county

When do you actually go out and just drive and enjoy? Street outlaws is for entertainment!

@J-Finelli231

3 жыл бұрын

Have a look at my channel content. I have a few videos of just enjoyment. I usually put 1500 miles/ year on the car and they’re not all Street Outlaw stuff.

Do you have a email address? I would like email you about my car on the fuel pump and injector, tuning etc

@J-Finelli231

11 ай бұрын

justinpa81@gmail.com