![]() The forum doesn't want to parse my video link for some reason, so here's the link to the video of the race. Me on the return road after racing a friend in his HHR, which ran 17.99. I ran something like 18.34 75 mph in the 1/4 mile, which is rather embarrassing, frankly. Now I could reverse again! Once that was done, I took it out to the drag strip to see what was what. It took me a couple months to save up the money for the fluid, filter, torque converter, and mounts needed to do the swap, but I did it over the course of a few days during Memorial Day weekend that year, with a little help from a couple friends and my dad. One thing people don't tell you about the '96 cars is that lots and lots of parts are one-year-only on them, including the transmission. In March 2014 I picked up a junkyard transmission from a place in southern California, which was the closest I could find one. If I wanted to go backward, I would have to push it myself. Rather than do that every time, I just left it in neutral, set the parking brake, shut the engine off, yanked the key out of the worn-out ignition, and locked it up. It would also do that if I tried to shift from forward to reverse, so I essentially couldn't use reverse. If I put it in park, it would engage the pawl, but shifting out of park would engage the gear but leave the pawl stuck in place, so the car would not move! The only way to get it unstuck was to shift to neutral and rock the car back and forth until it popped free. Then, in September, the transmission decided it would no longer shift out of park properly. I guess they didn't like having the parking brake engaged the entire time I was fixing the engine! Not long after, the rear brakes fell apart. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. ![]() You can find the thread here on, or here on Something Awful's auto forum, Automotive Insanity. I spent the next ~5 months rebuilding the top end. Here is George with some new dressers.įive days later, the thermostat stuck closed and blew the factory original upper radiator hose, which, in turn, popped both head gaskets. Upgrades galore, hopefully.įebruary 28, 2013, I brought the car home, and immediately put it to work, assisting in moving from a small apartment to, for the first time in my children's lives, a house, with four bedrooms, a back yard, and a two car garage. It's finished for now, and there are more things planned for the future. This build is what I would consider "phase one complete". ![]() I know this is a Fiero board, and I do not own a Fiero, but I also know car folks like to hear about unusual builds. So I'll start at the beginning, as you do. I've done lots of things to it over the four years I've owned the car, and thought someone here might enjoy seeing things done to a largely forgotten and unloved Buick. Hello Pennock's! My name is Daniel, and this is my 1996 Buick Century Special wagon, named Kaiser George IX.
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