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One of the very first issues I had with the car was the wastegate vacuum lines melting. This causes an excess amount of boost, exceeding 2 bar, maximum on MAP and gauge. At Drift Week 2 I had issues with it and attempted putting some DEI sleeve on it, which helped, but ultimately still wasn’tContinue reading “Fixing the plagued wastegate vacuum lines”

The cars lack of interior bothered me from the day I purchased it. I started pursuing a full interior awhile back in hopes of finding a full black interior. No luck. Gray was my next choice and luckily I found a full interior in Tucson, and ironically a gray interior in the junkyard the nextContinue reading “Making it less “racecar””

I was unlucky enough to have somebody hit me at a late night drift event. It damaged the front bumper, front fender, headlight assembly, hood, windshield, front fender support, oil cooler bracket, inner tie rod, and an outer lip on the Panasport. I had been wanting to change up some of the aero anyways, soContinue reading “Crash turns into makeover”

I don’t even know where to start with this. I still can’t explain what happened. In the end there was three holes in the block, a piston crammed through the side of the oil pan, and a cylinder wall blown out. Main bearings, ok. Connecting rod bearings, ok. Connecting rod, ok. Wrist pin, broken inContinue reading “Engine failure and rebuild”

This marks the beginning of a new time for an old, tired drift car. I pestered Pat for a long time to fix the car so I could see him out driving again, until eventually we ended up settling on a price for the car. I was in the market for something new to getContinue reading “The beginning of a new time (some time ago)”