Cincy05LGT

Yep. Although, I just used my borescope and a wire coat hanger to reach through the inlet and was able to spin the compressor wheel... Weird. Either the bearing was oil starved enough to affect the shaft speed at high rpm, or something else is going on with wastegate control.

Almost certain my turbo is toast. No boost at any rpm, no vacuum leaks, wastegate isn't stuck open, computer isn't pulling timing or boost. Can't hear any whistle while free revving. Major bummer.

Negative, I can still hear it, though it is more faint. I'm starting to suspect the driveshaft u joints. Almost everything else has been swapped out...

I'm still interested. Can't wait for 50 more whp with enhanced knock protection and better reliability.

I've done it both ways and prefer keeping the polishing compound from flinging into the engine bay. In other news, I heard a front CV axle clicking under hard cornering at lunch -_-. Is it worth the bucks to buy oem or should I keep buying remans?

Cleared the cataracts and applied a meguiars UV protectant coating. I'll be putting some commuting miles on it over the next few weeks to make sure everything is kosher, then I'll check bolt torques again just to be safe.

Proper test drive complete! She's back! A/F Learning values all below 1% error, no FLKC anywhere. [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16] feelsgoodman.jpg Looking forward to the next local autox.

Fired it up today after a fresh change with Motul. Damn that anti sieze takes awhile to quit smoking. I only drove slowly around the neighborhood to let the ECU settle in at idle and parked it again, but tomorrow I'll bust out the laptop and do some logging. I do have one nagging concern: the exhaust has NO flex section whatsoever and feels VERY rigid, and that may be bad for overstressing flanged connections. I'm considering doing the donut gasket and spring bolts at the catback connection, but for now it's solidly bolted together with a 3" gasket.

Quick update, I was able to finish the thread repair after removing the exhaust housing. New exhaust gaskets and stainless hardware showed up today so everything should be back together in short order. Since I had a heat shield rattle on the last drive, I decided to completely remove the oem header heat shields (they were barely hanging on). I think I'll DEI titanium wrap the crossover pipe as a precaution to protect the close proximity oil line.

Nope, family stuff. Definitely the next one though. The go fast itch needs a good scratch.

I wish I could justify Swain tech or jet hot ceramic coatings, but that just isn't in the cards right now. Anybody have experience with VHT paint or similar? I plan on reusing the PTP thermal turbo blanket and Cobb heat shield.

Wish I would have tried harder yesterday to get it off. Just a few taps and it fell right off. That made holding it in the vice easier and I was able to finish milling out the stud. Now the plan is to use an oversized 14mm helicoil to get it back to m10x1.25.

Unfortunately this is the only blind hole on the housing. FML.

Without pulling the housing off the chra, it's damn near impossible to get ahold of it in a vice well enough finish drilling out, let alone tap it. I'm a bit nervous about taking the housing off for damaging the fins.

So a downpipe swap this weekend has turned into a huge mess. I snapped off a stud in the turbine housing that WILL NOT come out. Unfortunately it's the bottom stud in the blind hole. I attempted drilling the ****** out on the Bridgeport at work, and managed to elongate and ovalize the hole. ****. Now I'm trying to think of a way to salvage, or buy a new turbine housing.

Awesome 100 mile cruise in the LGT out to Brookville Lake with some buddies on their bikes. I love this car now, they should come this way from the factory. [emoji7][emoji7][emoji7] except for the ******* grinding sound from the rear. They were on a Yamaha VStar bobber, and a KTM Super Duke 1000.

My first autocross of the season was a success by all measures since nothing blew up or broke, and the cherry on top was a street modified class win. I was pleased to get 5 runs with the massive 150 entrants we had. It was enough to gain confidence in the new KW coilover setup, but not enough to really master. I left a ton of time on the table by hitting slalom cones on my last two runs which were a full second faster. Having a functional LSD seemed to make a big difference on corner exit and put down the power well. I think the nut behind the wheel has quite a bit more learning to do, but I've stopped a lot of bad driving habits that have held me back in years past. Things I noticed after watching footage: I'm 6'7" and bracing against the door with my knee. That's why it hurts... I use a CG lock but a better seat will help I need to practice slaloms and find the edges of car Our steering ratio sucks I need to look further ahead I need more negative camber performance alignment, camber bolts are maxed out, need camber plates RE71R's would be nice but not in the cards until next year, worn out RE11's will have to do

Fired it up without the exhaust for some very loud fun. Props to the wifey for holding the camera.

Maybe I'll throw the GoPro on and post up some video. [emoji41]

Diff is bolted in with poly subframe bushing inserts and crossmember bushings. After turning and pushing for awhile, both CV axles are fully seated into the diff (finally), which was a real pain. Now I'm ready to final torque everything, fill it up with Motul and reconnect the prop shaft for an open downpipe test drive on summer wheels. [emoji12]

Got the bushings, crossmember, and cover studs installed, just need to jack the diff up into place. One step closer.

My car has exhibited the "growling" grinding noise from the rear under heavy acceleration primarily in colder temps for years. I recently decided to swap rear diff fluid and chunks of gear teeth fell out. I'm in the process of swapping to another used low mileage r160 along with new poly bushings. With any luck my gremlin will be sorted by this weekend. Pics of the carnage:

Yeah, man. Draining oil full of gear chunks twice in one year is not my idea of fun. Can't wait for the opportunity to upgrade the drivetrain.

Got the rear diff out today and cracked it open to see the carnage. The spider gears are totally trashed! I'm surprised the car still drove as well as it did with so much material missing. Now I'm just waiting on bushings and hardware to arrive before the new diff goes in.

Fwiw a few people on here have been having issues with BNR quality lately.