| begin novel: started with rear subframe drop several weeks ago to install spl pro rear upper control arms and energy suspension subframe and diff bushings. fixed a crack where the diff mounts to the rear of the subframe(via RPM's professional welder), which was discovered once old bushings were pulled. degreased the undercarriage twice to prep for coating. coated the rear third of the car with rustoleum truck bed liner. popped the car in the air few weeks later and coated the middle section of the car with the exception of the areas blocked by the exhaust piping and shield. (side story: picked up some yokohama avs vs-5's and got the rear fenders rolled in atl a couple weekends ago, hooray traction) early this week i converted to super splits and tt test pipes which gave me the opportunity to finish 98.35% of the coating (all that is left is upper trans tunnel and touch-ups). finished it up today by spending about 6 hours on a lift at real power motorsports(i was too tired of laying on my back beside jackstands): changed engine, trans, and diff oil with various synthetic amsoil oils, got an o2 bung welded in by their professional welder (this guy is amazing), installed centering rings on avs vs-5's, replaced and recalibrated new o2 sensor (thanks tt.net for this: $50 wideband replacement sensor with lifetime warranty!) onto the pics from today: amsoil hand pump screws onto bottles. works like a charm. much easier and cleaner than pressurizing with air compressor. much quicker than gravity feed.
diff fluid - severe gear 75w90
 
trans fluid - amsoil 75w90 API GL-4
 
working on car at RPM while torrential downpour annihilates the contents of my carport, literally displacing them into the parking lot or coating anything to heavy to move with sand instead.
 must represent the finest engineering institution in the southeast. ramblin wreck from georgia tech.
 
limo shot!
 letting the spddracer splash shield cover absorb as much road energy as possible
 brown snails
note: undercoating has greater affinity toward rubber jack stand covers than the undercarriage. can you spy the lc1 controller?
 limo shot!
 
remounted fuse and distribution block.....thats all that has been done topside in a while.
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making the bottom cleaner than the top-> - 
