03/04/2019 Update
I am going to take my car to my high school friend's cousins performance shop that is also conveniently located about 13 minutes from my house!
His shop is very legit and also has a dyno machine, does tons of fabrications, etc. Check it out for yourself and let me know if you guys would take your car to this shop if you were close to it!
https://m.facebook.com/Genuine-Motor...1117477061782/
I will go to his shop this Wed morning after work and give him this exact list of issues I want fixed and ask him how much he or at least, a ball park of how much he will charge for the following:
I can have a max budget of $3,000 for the following repairs if needed.
He charges $125/hr for labor. I am hoping $3,000 is enough to pay for the following issues to be resolved. The $3k includes paying for any parts needed too!
[ ] Slight oil leak coming from passenger, top side of the engine. Camshaft or timing cover area, somewhere up here in this area there is a slight oil leak.
[ ] Replace non-pressurized coolant tank with newer 2012+ model pressurized coolant tank, also put a regular coolant cap on without the spring. (Need to buy this cap as well - ask Eugene part number and where it goes again? Either on coolant tank or the coolant reservoir pour hole entrance?)
[ ] Cut car frame a little larger so there is room for the slightly bigger supercharger to fit and breathe - that way it doesn't rub onto the frame itself when reversing the vehicle, which impacts the engine in the long run
[ ] P2A03 Code: either replace cats with test / down pipes, or find out what's causing this code and fix it
[ ] Smoke/Boost leak test to fix P2A03 code possibly, as well as find out why the 6psi peak max issue is occurring according to Eugene
[ ] Either replace stillen exhaust tail pipe with a stock one or, keep it and tie it up using strong metal wire to hold it in place , that way it is stable and does not fall out of the hook again while driving
[ ] Possibly replace the supercharger pulleys that have metal showing that way it does not eat my belt and wear it out faster over time
[ ] Fix one of the lug nut studs that Eugene was talking about, as it is lower than it should be since we took out the spacers in the wheel that it had before, and replace it with an OEM sized or get a whole set of OEM lug nuts and put those onto the wheels - get rid of all the aftermarket, extended ones on the car currently
[ ] Raise the car a bit because the oil pan spacer is now the lowest part of the vehicle, so raise it a little maybe so it's less dangerous when driving out and about
[ ] Replace the front brace under the engine with a new one because the current one is bent due to someone using a jack on it and bending it - disallowing the proper hole alignment for the splash undercover to be put back on
[ ] Get a driver side (LH) fender liner because the last one was busted