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

[SlimKlim]

I know, it's not bad, but I can hear it starting to act up when I'm in a parking garage or something... and the HG isn't holding up that well after all, I probably succeeded in making it leak 1/4th or 1/3rd as bad as it was, but didn't completely stop it.

I fully accepted the fact that this drivetrain has an expiration date, an approaching one.

I figure I can set aside some money, and (assuming it passes a leak down test) pull the drivetrain out, do all the seals and gaskets, replace the clutch and associated components, do a new HG, new rod bearings, get the head planed and put it all back together for maybe $12-1500 depending on how lost in the small parts I get.

OR, I could save up $2500-3k, buy a healthy, leak free <130k mile full S52+trans and drop the entire thing into the car, then sell my old heap of shit for whatever it's worth. It would obviously cost more, but be a little less involved and give me a transmission/engine/accessories with considerably less mileage on them, and I'd get those all important extra 0.2Ls.

I'm 100% open to suggestions, earliest this will happen is this winter. I have too many other financial priorities to stick a knife in my savings account right now. I've got a bad itch for a slightly more luxurious, warrantied daily driver (The MKV is approaching 70k and I don't love it enough to put new suspension/cooling system parts on it, I'd rather nab a nice Autobahn package 4-door MKVI with <40k miles for <$20k when prices drop this summer), and I'm probably gonna buy an engagement ring or some shit soon. Throw that on top of moving this summer and saving money like a fiscally responsible adult is supposed to and "new engine for the toy car" ends up way at the bottom of your list.

In more upbeat news, I met up with Chris Drinkuth last weekend who took some ridiculously good photos of the car. Dude is truly a master of his art.

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