Okay so a few things happened since June. For one, I'm ditching the stock location intercooler and am in the process of mocking up an angle mount down low and up front:
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Motor mount was really yoinked
Replaced it with a Yoshi mount on a 10mm spacer. Everything is good now.
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Net up, the driveline was driving me nuts. Spent some time realigning the driveshaft by spacing things up and down and adjusting the pinion angle accordingly. Shortening the BNE torque rods all the way just did the trick. Also installed an Aerostar slip yoke, modded a T56 trans mount, and got installing. The car feels actually Liveable to drive now. After how many years of T5 misery, this felt like a breakthrough!
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Went to a new local car meet. Donuts were a theme:
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A heat wave came around. It was 100-120 for a week so I mostly sat around feeling hot and uncomfortable. My neighbor's truck:
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Went on to do some adjustments to the rear axle and found this. Still haven't fixed anything; just hose clamped the parking brake cable because I could not be any less bothered...
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Found some speakers that would sound good and fit the Bertone door cards without cutting anything. Filling and sealing the door cavities made for an incredible boost in sound quality
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Fatefully, a couple weeks ago, feeling pretty good, I decided that it was time to turn the boost up. According to my logs, the car is making Somewhere in the 415 bhp range at 18 psi. Nice. Fatefully, also that weekend...
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Then...
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