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rwd4evr · #**123** 05-17-2021, 06:46 AM

I absolutely love this car now. I'm still having the little noise that I'm 89.73% sure is the pilot bushing. The suspension needs to be stiffened up and it needs an lsd but I found a new favorite road and wrung it out hard and it took it. It's pretty amazing how well planted it is on marshmallow suspension and really not very sporty tires,not to mention a sloppy tie rod and bent rear control arm. I wouldn't put someone else in it and tell them to go full bore because it does step out under braking a little since it's toed out but I know what's coming and it kinda helps with the natural understeer tuned in for less capable everyday drivers. I'm creeping the boost up a little bit at a time watching the smoke disappear. Only at 13psi and gave the waste gate another full turn last night. With the propane on this thing moves pretty good. It's not "fast" really but it's quick enough to get past most people that aren't really trying to stay in front of you. It will annihilate tires/tire if you get it up on some boost and dump the clutch too. A 5 speed and 3.27 would be really great. It's a little steep on the gear in first from a stop. I just don't want it down again to fabricate all the necessary crap to install the ax15 jeep trans I had planned for it at first.

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