| I could come on here and whine about how my longblock didn't come out right, but there were two key factors that made it impossible for me to try and hold PSM accountable: 1) I elected to re-use my stock lifters (2 or 3 of which ended up sticking). 2) One of the exhaust cams on the DS was not indexed correctly. Since I put the timing belt on, that could very well have been my fault. I had done 5 60k before that without a hitch, but I am not quick to point the finger at the guys at PSM since they handed me the long block and I bolted everything up and installed it. Same goes for kaboom #2: 1) The car was not running 100%. This was most likely due to the old gas. 2) I was not redlining the car, driving like an idiot, but I did allow the car to make full boost (with the boost controller off). In retrospect, I should have siphoned off the old gas. So to sum things up, I have always had and hope to retain a very friendly professional relationship with Greg & Seb. I consider those guys some of the most straightforward and honest mechanics PERIOD, and I consider myself lucky to be an hour and a half N. of Woodland Hills. I just had too many things go wrong after too much time, money, blood, sweat, and cursing. I stopped enjoying driving the car a long time ago and have moved on to other hobbies. I now have a CA-legal AR-15 and have a mildly modded highly streetable STi. TT.net was a huge part of my life, as was this car, for YEARS. I met a lot of cool people, had some long chats with great guys like George (ZEngineer), bantered back and forth with Erik (Genic), had the flame suit donned on a regular basis, learned a HELL of a lot about cars in general, and the Z32 specifically. So was this all a waste of time? No. Was it a waste of money? I think so. I had no clear goal in mind when I started modding. If I wanted a drag car, I should have went with 2530s or SP700s, stripped the interior, and installed a roll cage. If I wanted a track car, I should have done the same, and gotten some coilovers, gotten the car corner weighed, and stuck with either stock turbos or possibly SP500s to retain the quick spool-up. If I wanted a show car, I should have stuck with stock turbos, made more trips to the ceramic coating shop, and had some more attention paid to the moldings, plastic pieces, etc. that tend to break down. I didn't do ANY of these things wholeheartedly, I just picked mods because I had the money and I could and went wild. In the end, I had a powerful car that I was scared to drive (reliability-wise), that was not very practical or economical. It did look bad-ass with the Blitz Type-03 wheels, but that was a step in the wrong direction for sure. 26+ pound wheels are not conducive to performance in any way, shape, or form. Sorry for the long rant. I know I sound like a broken record with the Stage IV then hands-off line, but it's 100% true, from my experience. Other than that, pick a purpose for the vehicle and mod for that purpose. Whether it's to emulate Pat's undercarriage or Greg's timeslips, keep that in mind before you tack on thousands of dollars of parts that do not lead you in that direction.
Rest In Pieces"Have you installed chinese locking fingers in your hole yet?" -ni[X]it 10:19:08 05/02/06
"It must suck for you to be the most retarded than everyone else here." -AzHeat 09:30:20 09/10/04
"So I nailed it, took off like an F18 from carrier. Of course the chase begained." -Tim_N/A 10:27:15 04/07/03
"Ps, I ate a real chocolate jesus today. it was kick ass. it was about 3" tall and solid chocolate. I was in heaven." - niXit 10:53:48 10/02/02 |
