buick 350

[Frederic Breitwieser]

Greetings George... thought you were disappearing for a while... haven't 
seen or heard much from ya !  The only new news is *I AM NOW EMPLOYED*. 
 Got the offer letter today, so some relief has overcome me :)

> What's up Fred? Concerning EFI harnesses, it's much neater to custom fab
> your own and IMHP, it's eaiser!

I agree its neater, because you can route cables and tie them in a more 
organized fashion (I have a lot of experience with this since I used to 
manage cable guys for the bank I worked at), however, there is something 
about instant functionality in leaching an existing harness (i.e. donor's 
harness) and shoving it all under the hood.  Its nice when you turn the key 
for the first time and the engine turns over.

But, I can't see how crimping 200 little spade lugs could be easier than 
dropping the factory harness into the compartment and holding it on with 
three wire ties.  Cleanliness requires work :)

> That '88 Buick will have a 350 or 305, same as the trucks and TBI 
camaros,
> firebirds, etc. The early 350 buicks are different alltogether
> (distributer is in the front for one). The hei electronics are very 
simular (same),
> some had 4 terminal modules others had 7 term modules. If you can grab 
the
> wagon, do it. It's got the 700r tranny also. You've got good luck with 
these
> things Fred, they will probably pay you several hundred dollars to junk 
it along
> with the boxes of $100 bills sitting on it!

I intend to, I left another note on it last night.  Aside from the engine 
and EFI management boxes, I also wanted the front spindles since they are 
identical to the 2wd S-10 ones I have leached from the boneyard.  Spares 
are spares.  Anything I can grab off it will be just fine.  The interior is 
not what I want, but that's okay, it will leave with the carcass assuming I 
can get the car.  Since I don't need the rear or the tranny, or some of the 
other useless stuff (to me) I plan to put an ad in the paper and sell it 
all off.  I already took the liberty yesterday morning of jacking the car 
up and looking at the ball joints <G>.  Good shape :)

> In all honesty, the Holley would be the quicker more adjustable system of
> the two. But keep in mind that the beauty of the GM system is it's self
> learning/adjusting ability.

As long as its not like the Ford systems that counteract the extra airflow 
via turbo or Paxton, I'm a happy guy.  I'm not overly familiar with the 
Buick 350/305, but as you stated before you thought they were identical to 
the Chevy equivilent.  If that's the case, then I have a Paxton and the 
proper mounting brackets.  If not, I can order the brackets from Paxton and 
be done with it.

> PS, you can still send me the $900...even if you don't like the signature
> series ECM's

Geez, nice guy, and here I was going to offer you the tranny for UPS COD :)


Frederic Breitwieser
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