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Alex is usually booked out two months ahead when I talk to him.

Been busy with this thing. Just seems like hours spent with no progress made right now. Started late last night with getting the pan off http://i.imgur.com/MDdwAmB.jpg Whats that..... http://i.imgur.com/6EAR96C.jpg Looks like it was part of the grommet for the PCV valve that broke off and fell into the pan when I first got the car. Thought I got all of it off when I pulled the valve covers then but guess not. http://i.imgur.com/5vUywX9.jpg I prepped the block for paint today. Lot of sanding and grinding, loads of surface rust since it is old and has seen a winter. http://i.imgur.com/fz8XzF4.jpg One coat http://i.imgur.com/GqlxYbd.jpg Many coats later http://i.imgur.com/FSGg5UA.jpg http://i.imgur.com/olfyUW6.jpg Got some high grade flanged bolts for the motor mount brackets, threw on some thread locker since I don't want to deal with this engine again for awhile. Paint is satin, my garage was pretty bright and the paint was still a little wet. Cleaned out the upper and lower pans and windage tray. Also sprayed two cans of brake clean worth into the spark plug galleys with the engine upside down to get all the nasty of 20+ years out. Putting on a new water pump and all new gaskets and then putting the engine in...hopefully next weekend, maybe tomorrow.

I've never done it either, but when you charge someone for a service one would imagine you would actually perform the service, or say it is not fixable, not make a half ass attempt. It's hard telling from pictures but I think that wheel should be able to be repaired. I don't repair wheels for a living but I've seen worse be fixed.

Ronnie is no longer with Wheel Medic from my understanding, you also aren't the first person to mention having those issues with wheel medic. Rumor is now they don't have a painter either, but I hope they can get yours fixed up. We use a different wheel company at work and have the same issues, bent wheels not totally fixed, paint chips off when mounting new tires after repair, the list goes on. It's seeming to be increasingly difficult to find a viable wheel repair option in columbus.

Not yet, resealing the engine, painting the block, ordering shimless buckets and some other stuff and then throwing it all together and hopefully then... This came in today, Drewgo manifold. Not many were made and they are pretty hard to come by now. Little better than my Chinese eBay special I had, still nothing too crazy though. Runners are a little bigger, wont have to run a spacer, flange is thicker and fits SO much better and overall it is 2.5-3 times heavier. I mainly liked this design due to the wastegate placement since I plan on recirculating mine, the old manifold seemed like it would be impossible to make that happen and the turbo placement compared to most manifolds out there. Turbo seems to sit a little lower and further forward which helps tuck the FMIC piping down. Yes, the pictures are terribad. My camera hates the lighting in both pics. http://i.imgur.com/uDGVRDm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/veyhgez.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ycberLU.jpg http://i.imgur.com/soLbxNr.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2ZHZwbE.jpg

JZ rear sump setups are typically $700 or so. I'd love to spend $300 on a setup.

Sex tape? Wtf?

Got my ProEFI in http://i.imgur.com/tzoOUCC.jpg Hoping to start rewiring my old megasquirt harness this weekend. Need to remove resistor box for injectors, add in 5v ref for Coolant Pressure, Fuel Pressure, Manifold air pressure sensor and re-pin/plug my IAT sensor for the GM sensor I am running, also adding in an oil temp sensor.

Shhhh. He'd still laugh if it was a family member I'm sure.

You've yet to provide any facts relating to your original posts that were on topic. Kirk roasted your ass, kind of like how I did but he left you with 3rd degree instead of some flash burn. You back pedal on everything so it's amazing you didn't on this. Congrats, you are making progress. I thought maybe your one week break was enough to get your life, your posts in this thread showed it only made it worse. Seek help and dont buy a gun

I'll wait here for the backpeddaling

Inb4 "Kirk...." thread

I don't know of many with 3 hours to spend sitting in front of a computer

Do you have any actual facts or are you just waiting for a hardcore anti-trump anti-bush guy to step in and take the spotlight?

Should I call the ambulance or is he past saving? Insert gta wasted gif here

X2 on meds

I've found trying to go about things the cheapest way possible is usually a good way at making it more expensive than doing it right the first time. Pay the $1200 At Mazda and know it will work, or buy a key somewhere and take it to Mazda for them to say they won't cut it since they didn't sell it to you. You could try an aftermarket. I've never been a fan of aftermarket alarms on cars, usually not installed very clean and they fail causing a draw eventually.

You can call high tech locksmith, I've used them on some flip cars a few years back. Dealer is the best bet.

Sounds like stock ecu. I would never attempt any form of 2 step while using a stock ecu, and even at that I would only trust 5 or so brands with their strategy on the aftermarket.

Happy birthday! Enjoy, try not to let the BMW take your soul when you go in for renewal!

Yep. You are buying cheap tires, no too sure why you are expecting top of the line tire performance.

Don't take my post as saying not to use the site though. I still rotate my free reports so I can check them every 3-4 months. I just prefer credit Karma for the reasons listed above

Credit Karma is 1.5 billion times better than that site. Credit Karma has helped me drastically change my credit. It wasn't awful before, but between the tips and resources in the forum they have it is amazing for being "free". I've even applied for two cards from their recommendations even though that's basically their ad revenue, and got pretty good terms on both. The approval odds are very nice to see and a huge help to most building credit. It also helped me catch quite a few mistakes on my reports. The site and and app layout is very nice to use compared to the free check site. Maybe it's easier for me since I'm a "millennial"? Who knows.

The alignment issue is a common one. They likely have new tire clamp style vs. Wheel clamp. When you go to do the rolling compensation the hook hits the strut.

I should not have clicked this.