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Yup. As you can see.

I swapped the new one in. Much better. I’ll hang onto this just in case I do have a need for pillar pods. I’ll just swap this one back in then.

You can also see how 87-89 black trim is really more of a charcoal. Interior looks so much better now that I’ve painted up all the old trim from my original porno red ‘88 interior.

Still haven’t worked on the car….

Home. Was a good end of summer trip. Wife and kids start school again next week so finally more free time for me. Back on the car, maybe hit up the range and start working on my saltwater reef tank. Was a busy summer

Ok. So I drove it. A real drive, although couldn’t get to a road with over 35mph speeds yet. Just cruised around the hood a bit.

Still need to adjust my toe

One SS front brake line rubs the tire.

My temp fan controller is unreliable. It defaults to off so one drive was made with the fan completely off. It wasn’t an issue as long as I was moving. I’ll need a better solution until the MS goes in.

It ran better once I had some miles on it. The battery I use is junk (been lazy to go get a new one) so I pull the battery out every time. So every start is a fresh relearn. With miles, it runs better. So I need a battery asap so I can stop that practice.

Interior squeaks and rattles were reduced a lot! I think the biggest source was the hatch and the 92-93 latch fixed that (pulls it tighter). The SFCs helped a ton with body flex and I can feel it for sure. Really I have one source of interior rattle - pass side A-pillar where it meets the headliner. I plan on putting some foam up there to try and reduce that.

Other than that, a nice 2-3 miles of ac on, windows down cruising. Sounds great too.








And yes, it feels like it has power. I just haven’t had a good spot to lay into it.

bird_dog0347 said:

That's awesome Mike, I'd say get that brake line rub fixed ASAP before it ruins it. As for the battery, why not just leave it on a tender? I do that with all my non-daily stuff like motorcycles, 4 wheelers, boats, etc.

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The battery is beyond its time. It leaks acid and the terminals ooze some sort of black goo. Very strange.


Needless to say I just don’t trust it, which is why I remove it each time. I just need to get off my lazy butt and go get a new one and use it as the core.

I have a tender. I’ll use it on the new battery.