Ok...where was I?

When I started working on the rear of the car, it was pretty apparent that the fasteners were in even worse shape than the ones on the front of the car. After some close inspection, it turned out that most of it was just surface rust and years of road grime. So rather than spend lots of $$ on new suspension bolts, I decided to media blast them all and started thinking...

I got a lot accomplished with the car this weekend but before we get to that, there was one more thing I forgot to mention in the last entry.

Since I live out in the country, I decided I could use some driving lights. The stockers are long gone, and wouldn't work anyway since I'm using the factory locations for a CAI and oil cooler. What I ended up getting was a pair of mini halogens...

Well it's been about 6 months, so I thought I better post an update on what's been going on with the never-ending project (but that's why we love 'em ).

The car was running really well after firing it up, and still is. After break-in and a bit of tuning, ECMLink HP and 70-90 estimates put it right around 400 awhp on the e316g, which feels about right. (I plan on getting to a dyno...

It's ALIVE!

It started right up, and other than a couple of very minor issues it has been running pretty well. The only real "problem" I've had so far is a weeping turbo oil feed line that just doesn't want to go away. It's not enough to even smoke or drip, but still...I'll probably end up going to a stainless line with AN fittings in the next week or so.

In the interest...

We're getting closer!

I've finally gotten the suspension back together and the brake work done, but as usual... it ended up being more of a project than originally planned. While getting ready to put everything back together, I inspected the calipers and found quite a bit of corrosion, so I decided to rebuild them. (I wrote a tech article on it that can be found here).

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