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I was never contacted and mine sure wasn't right!

Thanks @RYU and @acuhon . Regan, I think you and I were one of the first two manual racks that those guys rebuilt... that was like 2010/2011 timeframe IIRC. At that time they didn't have a replacement teflon bushing or anything like that.... Now I have no desire to pull the rack and send it in...

I bought mine late 2019 and just got around to installing it. Before with the car in the air, I could twirl the steering wheel with my index finger. Now I have to muscle it with both arms. I have positive caster of ~8 degrees, so the steering used to return to center with ease. Now I have to...

Anyone tried the Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 Plus three-season tire? I have OEM 17" wheels, so would go with 205/45/17 and 255/40/17. The only reason for me to step down from a summer tire is because I'd like to drive this thing if it's a little under 40F without cracking them (Spring...

@MotorMouth93 I'm a big fan of Calico. What main and rod clearances are you targeting? I have no idea about Mountune, but I do know with a lot of shops that they won't put their best person on the job initially unless you're a special customer. If they supposedly have a good reputation, I'd...

Sorry it took me a long time to get back to you on your questions about dimpling. Sorry about all the troubles too. After I ditched the first "machinist" I got lucky with the other ones doing my crank, heads, block, and rods. I had a great experience with Benson and even used to keep in touch...

The Pirelli Pzero Nero GT tires do very well in the rain. The major problem with them is the cracking at less than 45F (glass transition temperature). So, I spent the day cleaning this car and it just went into its storage bubble for the next few months....

Another yearly update... I pushed her pretty hard during a nice Fall drive trying to keep up with a modified Tesla 3 performance.

@RYU Ah, since you sold it already then I'll be a bit more forthcoming... The current Rivian offerings just aren't for us. If you're looking for a midsize electric SUV did you drive the iX? I really like the fully loaded iX 50's but my wife and I just can't get over the ugly kidney grill and...

@RYU These are beginning to trickle out to my little midwestern town and I got to drive a friends R1T. He agreed with Car and Drivers assessment that the R1S is a driving dynamics mess compared to the R1T.

Price lowered from $200 to $50! Just send me your good condition OEM mirrors in the black trim, and I'll send you the blue mirrors in the black trim plus the OEM glass. Pretty easy and cheap if you've ever wanted to try the tinted convex mirrors! I'll turn around and send you my mirrors within...

@mwagner10702 Like the new calipers! What brake ducts are those please? Sorry for the OT.

While I'm sure you were disappointed about this obstacle right at the last minute when you're close to driving the car after a few years, these custom fitments typically take some iterations to work out. After Mark, are you only the second person running these? MCS is high quality and the OR...

Surely someone wants to update their old mirrors to blue convex technology? Get a wider field of view to protect your investment! This saves you the headache of doing the swap and/or breaking the glass. Also, you'll receive OEM mirrors in case you want to put it back OEM someday.

Congratulations to you, Mrs. Honcho, and your team! You guys should be proud of yourselves! Thanks for all the time spent documenting your work.

Man, this was ten years ago, but I ended up with custom King bearings. They worked with me as I developed my own turbo setup that ended up with 350 ft-lbs of torque at just 2500 RPM. I needed bearings to support the increased load and IIRC, we modified their B-series tri-metal bearings. I do...

I hear you on avoiding any more machining of the block. When I was working with King on custom bearings for my application, I was also concerned about the right crush. Dr. D typically specifies slightly higher crush for his applications than OEM in order to get a tighter press-fit AND to aid...

Three NSX's made the list: https://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/g42269486/the-best-cars-we-drove-in-2022

Sorry about the plating. Why can't you have it aluminum welded and then machine and line bore? Also, with all of those rods, and especially considering the deformed big end cap, you should measure each rod for bend and twist. You want to be sure. My rods were machined with the latest Rottler...

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Congratulations Regan! Show us some pics!

Looks great! You probably already did since the picture was posted, but make sure your axle nuts are torqued and staked in place! I also did the vacuum bleed on my full engine rebuild. As long as you don't have any sharp burrs on the aluminum nipples the only concern is the contraction...

The electroplating is very interesting. Cleaning will be a pain but can be done. Besides having it hot tanked again at the local machine shop after they're done with the final machining, I recommend running a bunch of long nylon wire brushes with WD40 through all the oil galleys, and then I used...

Ah, that one used the technology I'd developed as discussed in the PMs. Sounds awesome but somewhat restrictive. That was with '97+ manifolds. It combined technology Dave Borla patented a few years ago (I'd actually done it first but the patent laws changed around 2014 from first to do it to...

Over the past 15 years I've gone through at least 30 different exhaust configurations of my own design (the engineer in me always wanting to try things out and optimize parameters). Three of those were for my custom turbo setup and the rest were trying to balance pressure drop, weight, sound...