So yeah after working on my POS Buick since Sunday after work (3 hours a day) I finally got it running today. Took it to Nd2race (I think) and he fixed the exhaust.
After finding out the intercooler I put on was FUCKED I took it off and threw the stock blower on it. Before I had a massive vac leak and was seeing 12-14 inches of vac at idle and it ran like shit. So I put the stocker on there. 19 inches. Great. Runs great. Went over to my parents house to talk to my mom (she just got out of surgery today).
On the way home I went WOT a few times. I was scanning with my laptop, wideband looked good.
I get off at 62 to go home and on the corner where it straightens out I hit it. About 5k rpm's it doesn't feel right. Just kinda hangs there. then the fucking car stalls. Pull over. start it up. and it starts knocking. great.
I limp it home after it dies 3 times.
Pull the plugs and they're all good. when I popped off the oil cap there was a decent amount of steam. I drain the oil. Looks fine. no coolant in the oil.
I've never heard a rod knock before. It's hard to tell if ti's coming from the trans or the engine. If anyone is NOT going to the track day tomorrow feel free to come by and give me a second opinion.
Fuck it. I'm going to get fucking drunk tonight and try not to worry about it.
So after the week was over, the really ONLY thing I got installed on the car was the headers. The i/c wasn't on the car. Same pulley as before.
Oh yeah, I'm not going to the track day tomorrow .