Unwanted surprise today Options

[drew365]

We are trying to finish up work on my car so it will be ready for a track date this Sunday. We completely rebuilt the rear suspension including reinforcing the console ears which meant the engine had to come out which meant we discovered a few items to fix on it and the trans while it was out. But now the rear suspension is all finished, the engine and trans are back in the car and we started on the front suspension. I got new bushings, Koni Sport inserts and 22mm torsion bars. We then discovered someone in the past put a 914-4 A-arm on the right side and I had one 911 torsion bar and one 914-4 torsion bar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) So I had to frantically find a used right side A-arm and end cap. Lucked out and found one and I think I'll be seeing the track after all. It totally baffles me why someone would do that to an original 6. I hope I don't have any more surprises like that.

[campbellcj]

Whew, my main shifter problem turned out to just be that the pinch bolt up at the shifter was a little loose (I swear I checked that sucker...LOL, oh well.) Anyhoo, taking advantage of an open lift, and a slow day at the shop, the guys also replaced the two cone/set screws on the rod, and the bushings back at the trans end. I actually went to the office and worked today, which was really tough after a week off (first one in a few years.)

Last weekend I replaced the damn deafiningly loud dynomax muffler with a merely "very f'ing loud" flowmaster (40 series). The race dynomax was so blatently illegal on the street that it made me paranoid driving around here with all the Sheriffs and CHP on patrol. It was essentially just a can with nothing inside...The flowmaster is much quieter on decel and mellower, not as raspy on accel.

Tomorrow and Saturday I need to finish a little POR-15 work, wire up some gauges, and install the brake "tee" I just picked up. Should be no sweat (famous last words). Then off to Willow at O-Dark-Thirty Sunday...