The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebaggery

[SlimKlim]

Had a blast taking this thing down to Harrisonburg on Saturday. I did ~300 miles and used 3/4 of a tank of gas in almost 6 hours of continuous driving. The headgasket continues to seep, but didn't lose a troubling amount of coolant even over that distance, so I feel better about potential autocross/hyperdrive events this year.

The car drives like it's new. This was the first extended drive I had taken it on since I first tore it down in September, so I felt like I was getting to know it all over again. The driveshaft bushings are one of those things you don't really notice until it's fixed, but it makes a huge difference on a car of this mileage. The new steering rack obviously does wonders, and the swapped top hats makes the car feel incredibly planted in the corners. Might be the single best mod I've ever done, it just begs to be in the middle of a corner.

On the way home, about 2 miles from the house on an off-ramp we kicked something up that went tumbling along the underside of the car, somehow putting a gouge in my right front wheel and tearing the rear diffuser clean off.





I have no idea what it was, neither David nor I saw anything in the road. Nothing is leaking or dangling so I assume that's the only damage. I wanted to go and get some good photos yesterday, but now I might as well wait until I get another rear diffuser. Here's a lamo just-washed-my-car iphone photo:



Plan of action:

-Acquire used and/or cheap rear diffuser
-Replace busted ass stereo
-Replace clutch arm bushing
-Should probably replace my radiator fan before it grenades and takes the radiator hoses down with it
-Consider fixing my warped dash vents and then decide it's too much effort
-Fab up some radiator clips because the factory ones keep popping off the brace
-Drive :thumbup: