21Oct2010
2004 BMW 530i Oil Change
Did an oil change and inspection on this beautiful 530i today. Oil change went as planned, though the oil had 10k miles on it and was extremely black. I am personally not a fan of these 10-15k mile oil change intervals that most companies have gone to. The oil is coming out darker and thicker than it should, and I think there will be a lot of higher mileage issues in the future with these cars that stick to every …
21Oct2010
944 Short Shifter and Belt Retension
Since we couldn’t install the short shift kit in the 951 without major issues, we decided to install it in his other 944. Nothing was broken on this car, so it went in pretty easily, lol. Elevate the rear Waaay up there is the shift linkage. New short shifter. Old shift assembly Annnd installed. We had done the belts about 1500 miles ago, so it was time to retension them (new belts only). Now he will be good for 15k …
21Oct2010
Denali Door Handle
I had a buddy (The Incredible Hulk) pull his exterior door handle off of his tow vehicle the other day, so we ordered up a new cheap oem plastic handle assembly and went to work, lol. Interesting thing, is it was in stock at the dealer, so I assume this happens fairly often. It’s been so busy around here, I have resorted to working in the street…..The door panel comes off quite easily, 3 bolts, and a few snap clips. …
15Oct2010
Gemballa 996TT Continued…..
Look what showed up today! “Fra-gee-lay. That must be Italian. I called my buddy Jay at Fabspeed earlier this week to help us out on the exhaust. We ordered a Maxflo sport exhaust. I have probably installed hundreds of these systems and they sound fantastic. Fitment is great as well. I still need to adjust the tips, I just ran out of time today with other projects that came through. Highly polished stainless steel mufflers with 200 cell HKS cats. …
14Oct2010
GT3RS Brake Pads
After a lot of laps, it is time for new brake pads for the project RS. After talking extensively with Fabryce at GMG, he recommended brake pads by a company called Endless (or at least that is what the pads are called). We had been running the Pagids, and he recommended these over them and the PFC’s for stopping power and still being easy on the rotors. Rear caliper off to change the pads. On the new gt3’s, you have …
14Oct2010
968 Fuel System Refurb
Aaron dropped off his 968 the other day because it died on him and wouldn’t start on his way to work. He had been having some wierd hesitation issues as well, so it was time to take a look at it. Found the bad fuel pump right away, and started tearing things apart. Since we are in there, we replaced the pump, tank screen, fuel filter, check valve, and the fuel pressure regulator. Once inside, we found the reason for …
12Oct2010
Audi A4 Suspension Rework
Cleaning house, and realized that this post never hit the press! Actually an August post I had written and must have hit the wrong button when I was done! Did some suspension work on an Audi A4 here the other day. We replaced all the front control arms (all 8 of them!), as well as new tie rod assemblies. The owner was getting some clunking in the suspension and decided to get it all refreshed before it got any worse. …
07Oct2010
Bling bling yo yo
Lol, had a freind drop his 993 off the other night to replace a noisy alternator bearing…..or belt sensor roller……or fan bearing…..oh hell just replace it all! I endured the scorching heat to pull the fan and housing out of the car so he could spruce up the color a little bit. Tim’s process is the use a high temp duplicolor paint. Multiple coats of paint, then you need to heat it up to cure the paint. So Tim uses …
07Oct2010
It’s coming……
3,075lbs and 176″ long………soon.
23Sep2010
Last minute splitter repair
Finally had a few minutes this week to do a last minute repair on my front splitter for next weekend’s DE. I arrived at a gator about 12 inches too early at MAM a few weeks ago, dropped the front right wheel into a pothole, and the splitter caught the edge of the gator, breaking a piece off. The problem, is that the splitter is made of unobtanium, so I decided to do a quick repair to get me through …