my brother had to go and use a non-deep well socket on one of my strut towers causing it to round, so yea, kinda stuck atm, but about to go and get an extraction kit.

Car really hasn't been driven much thanks to the texas heat and my car's low speed lack of A/C. It doesn't idle up anymore at stops, so the compressor kills the engine.

Thinking about removing the A/C entirely, save the weight, and just drive her during the cooler months, or when I can afford to sweat.

Got a new LSD for the rear though, bushings, and axles too. Waiting...

Got the closed loop functionality of my car tuned and squared away this past week. Car is still having idle issues with the Q45 TB due to a massive leak at the shaft linkage, which causes cold start idle issues. At 19psi though, I am flowing 50lbs/min of airflow, and had my first kill in a long time after tuning my car. Beat a 5.0 modded stang by bus lengths. So satisfying to see your work do what...

So my stg 4 shep trans is off the car, and back in Ohio. 4th gear started making a funny noise while accelerating (normally) on the freeway out of a toll station. So I limp back home, avoided 4th gear, and all of a sudden I hear a *CHINK* and the car lurches a bit, I instantly pull over and call AAA.

So for the 2nd time, my $3400 trans is back in Ohio for something that I don't feel...

Went back to the 1/4 last friday (8-8-08) on 5 gals of VP c16 and ~5 gals of 93 octane. Got the boost to 28 psi, but first gear is now useless, and a 1.8 60 foot was all I could muster, bringing the car to an 11.69 at 125mph. Still on the OEM non-lsd rear end, and an open 4 spider center diff. Time for an investment in some M/T QTP slicks and cheap drag wheels.

Wound up shredding another...

Went to Texas Motorplex in Ennis Texas on Friday. After getting used to launching the car (and some crap >2.0" 60 foots from 2nd gear mis-shifts), car finally dropped into the high 11's at ~120mph. Continued running the car on pump gas and refining the tune to vanish the 1* of knock I was getting in 4th gear, and working on my NLTS technique (which is REALLY nice not having to re spool up...