gbrettin

Ok, I did a whole bunch of stuff to my car and I can't remember everything- which I'll say is a good thing because that means I was "kicking names and taking azz"... yeah. I'll run through a quick summary.

Air to water lines were ran for my system. I decided to use the water box and forgo the radiator for now. I'm trying to keep everything simplified so that I can get my parts bin running. That doesn't mean cut quality. Not at all. I'm cutting out unnecessary rabbit holes that I LOVE to do. More like a love hate because I love the results when I am done; but, I normally set my self back months due to high standards I hold myself.

1.) The drive shaft was installed, but the overall length was too short by 2". SO... I had to basically get a new drive shaft because the mid section had to get replaced. This is annoying because I had originally needed to shorten the drive shaft by the same length.

2.) Outlaw shifter has been mounted. There was grime and dirt everywhere so it was cleaned and lubed to remove the swamp... the gift that keeps on giving.

3.) Air to water lines ran but not mounted. Waiting on P clamps so that I can mount the tubing under the car.

4.) Removed spare tire mount and painted trunk. Used a finger sander to buzz off the pinch welds and used spiteful rage to knocked it out with my mini sledge.

5.) Used edging around the metal surfaces where the diff pokes through the trunk. This is required so I don't slice my hand or lines.

6.) Mounted the water box and BMW water pump in the trunk... then removed it so I could paint, add cork isolators for the tank to sit on.

7.) Added fluids for transmission and engine. I accidently used some of the most expensive transmission fluid on the market because I raided Auto Dynamix's stash. Grabbed fluid that was intended use for 3000hp cars. oops.

8.) Mounted rear tail lights. They look great with the over all look with the car.

9.) Mounted my swirl pot. Had to cut off the overflow mount and then hard mounted the swirl pot to the chassis. Worked great!

10.) cleaned and painted most of the under side. I used a higher volume air hose to blow out the chassis... I managed to blow out 99% of the hardened brisket. Like I said, the gift that keeps on giving.

There's a lot of smaller stuff that happens in-between all that. like... strong use of swear words. But, you guys get the point. I'm getting down to the short list now.





loctite and mark important items (visual inspection stuff).




New length - Note how much further the yolk goes in.

This means the front can now talk to the rear:










I went through A LOT of nuts/bolts to ensure the threads were nice..



Important to use nylon nuts so that they don't vibrate loose.





The short list