It's been a while...

So it has been a while since I last posted an update. I really haven't been motivated to work on the car a whole lot the past month (read: too many other hobbies to attend to), but I have got some work done.

The oil cooler setup is complete and installed. Bracket and hose fabrication was about as easy as I expected it to be and everything fits great. The oil thermostat mounting location was a little tricky though. Cleaning up the random wiring harness bits and lengthening the radiator fans wires is also complete. I cut so many wires out of the factory harness that if I ever even dreamed about making it twin turbo again I would have to buy an entire new wiring harness.

I ordered a full turbo-back 4" exhaust system from A-Spec Tuning rather than fabricating my own. It is made for their long runner manifold, so I will still have to cut and modify it to fit, but this will still save me the hassle of making one from scratch (one of the big reasons I wasn't motivated to work on the car). Little did I know that these systems are made to order and not kept in stock, so having a running car by next week just isn't going to happen like I had planned.

Anyway, the way I look at it, I have about 10-15 more hours of work to put into the car before it is back on the ground and ready to start again for the first time in 3 months. Then the tuning starts. Its funny how a broken ignition coil and seeing high intake temps at the track leads to a never ending saga of modifications....and to think...this is only the beginning.