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I've had my stifflers trans mount setup with 3 different spacer setups (tko600 requires an addition kit) and none had any vibration.
When I install my torque arm I'll take it more serious, but for now no changes have caused issues.
 
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Didn’t do anything to the car. Went on vacation with the kiddos for a day or two in the White Mountains. Nice brisk 15 degrees

yes, our hotel room was tree-house themed. Kids loved it. I bumped my head a lot.

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I picked up a set of these not long ago. They are very solid. Just throwing out another option.

https://warrperformance.com/?product=gm-distribution-block-set-of-5

I ended up buying one. $8 shipped, for an OEM junction block seemed like a good idea. haven’t decided which I’ll use yet.

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Compared to the Jegs one, this one seems more robust. The plastic feels more solid. It feels like an OE part should. The plastic on the jegs one feels cheap. I might run the GM block, as it allows more connections independent of each other.
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I stayed at the Franconia Inn quite a few years ago. One huge benefit of living in New England is the endless day trips. So many things to do up there. Just costs money.

And tolerating looooots of time behind the wheel. I think I drove 4+ hours on Mon. Tiring.

But the drive is awesome. Very scenic. I wish I wasn’t behind the wheel or I’d have a ton of nice mountain road pics I’d be posting.
 
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You need to go there in the summer....That is something you would never forget. I went there and did some trout fishing. Although with three kids all outdoors awaits. We went to Storyland I believe thats the name with my daughter when she was three. It has been there for ever. It had fifty year old amusement rides. I love the history of New England. I lived in Northborough Mass. along RT 20. Lots or Revolutionary war history, and houses from 1700's Very cool place, and soon you will get spring, and that car should be something to turn some heads this summer.
 
And no, it doesn’t really match the recaros. I have yet to find a suitable material short of seeking out 4 centers from existing Recaros and using that as donor material, which I might do.

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Did some work today. Ran into issues.

finished running the brake line to the rear of the car. Wasn’t bad, but just awkward getting to the line over the axle. But got it done, and started bleeding the brakes.

Did I mention I hate bleeding brakes. Too much work.
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I had some leaks. Guess I went too easy tightening the lines. One leak at the rear, one line on the PV leaking and one front line leak. Got it all set and appears to be leak free.

however, I have what appears to be a dead zone in the pedal. Baer supplies a spacer to go between pushrod and MC and seems like mine isn’t large enough. I’ll need to take to Baer on Monday.
 
Reinstalled the driveshaft. No problems there.

decided to try and reinstall the exhaust. Started with my Bassani catted x-pipe. Did a test fit of the flow tubes and found I’m just a little short. Doesn’t fully reach the collectors.

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The issue is the exhaust hangers. They bottom out on the rubber hanger preventing the tubes from moving forward ebough.
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I think what I am going to do is pull the exhaust hanger out, and slot the mounting holes. Then I can scoot the hanger foreard about 3/4” or so and that should give me the clearance.

once exhaust is done, my work under the car is all set. Everything else is engine bay.

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