Thanks. Just the other day the car surpassed 40,000 miles on the odometer, and about 12,500 since the turbo install. Still on the factory original spark plugs, still yet to ever have any service required since the turbo install other than oil changes. Overall the car has been great.
In the next two weeks I will be taking it down for a little bit to go over the car and make sure everything looks good for another year of duty. I will be replacing the front pads and rotors (my fronts are pretty warped now), and maybe the rear. I am going to investigate the shocks and possibly replace them, I think they may be starting to show signs of wear, possibly from having the car lowered on the H&R springs as stock shocks typically wear out faster like that. I will be inspecting all the ball joints, tie rod ends, and wheel bearings for any play or wear, and of course replace as needed. I will give it a full underbody detail job and touch up any signs of corrosion under there. As for the performance stuff, I will be checking all the turbo system tubes and couplers. I will check my oil cooler hoses for any wear from chassis rub, etc. Pressure wash and detail the engine bay. I will be inspecting the fuel pump assembly and in-tank hoses for any detoriation from being a 100% E85 car ever since the turbo install. Change the spark plugs for once, possibly do a leakdown test on the engine... and lastly put it back on the dyno and clean up a couple spots in the tuning I have found need some work the last year, and try some runs at the higher boost I have been running on the street to see what power its at now.
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