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heres some photos, great handling , little better ride but it is still Mini stiff.

 

The AC blower fan sounded funny lately, I thought I'd replaced the cabin filter recently,but I checked it anyways.More mouse damage! Over the winter I had my hood and the battery lid open to trickle the battery. There is a direct path to the passenger compartment through the battery area and the mouse found it, then made a nice bed on my filter :eek6:.

 

Hate it when that happens.

 

Turbo's in. Sorry Gary, no write up, I was too impatient to document it all. With the turbo I replaced the oil filter housing cooler gaskets, the oil filter housing to block gaskets, installed Detroit Tuned turbo oil feed line and the OEM turbo oil drain line, and also installed the JCW Exhaust Manifold (thank you eminiparts.com for finding that part for me).

Definitely feels quicker. I haven't really put it down hard, but mid range torque is still there. I was worried it might drop off due to slight increase in compressor size. I'll be running this next to my friends Fiesta St here soon to compare. Prior to installation and retune, our cars were neck and neck. So we shall see the results here soon!

 

Some Obligatory photos. Unfortunately I didn't get some before putting the heat shield on. And yes the engine bay is filthy and needs rusty parts replaced. Maybe some day.

 

Its not as close at those pictures make it seem. I'll get another shot directly above. I had to play with angles due to shadows for these photos

 

I never did get that other shot.....

Anywho, well since I go fast that means I need to stop fast too. The harder braking has put the OEM brakes to the test. They've been wearing enough to trip the sensor and make the brake light come on to bug me. I considered just getting a set of used calipers and reconditioning them. Painting the calipers and upgrading the rotors and pads. But the cost to do that and added braided brake lines I was only $200 short of getting into the base Wilwood package. So I scrapped the OEM idea and went Wilwood. Then I couldn't just get the base package. I had to get the directional vane GT rotors and red calipers.

So in the coming weeks I will have work to do. Not sure when I'll get it all done, but it should be within the next 45 days.

 

Yeah, it was pretty hefty hauling it across the dealership from receiving to my desk! :blush2:

 

Looks to me like someone has a new member to the family? (STYBBA) Or did I miss some earlier post?

 

Nice! I'd really like to get a classic and make a project out of it :drool

 

Looking GOOD!

 

I gotta check that out!