My first DSM

[Gillyjuice]

I picked up my first DSM on Christmas eve 2015. It only has 117k on it, it was a two owner car and had service records. Merry Christmas to me I guess.

[Gillyjuice]

The clutch slipped under load in 3rd gear or higher. I checked all the basics,fluid,cmc adjustment and bled the system. Nothing changed so lets pull the trans. The previous owner had a clutch put in 7000 miles prior to my purchase. It appears that the flywheel was machined but the machinist did not consider step height,milling the friction surface and not milling the pressure plate mounting surface. Everything has signs of heat damage and uneven wear. The picture doesn't do the damage justice and I seem to have lost pics of the clutch disc and flywheel. Big thanks to Wade for helping pull the tranny.

[Gillyjuice]

RUST!! Sometimes I hate MN. Typical 2G strut tower rust. I don't want that to spread so I cut it all out,welded in patch panels and got some PPG color match paint in a rattle can at Welle Auto. I am by no means a welder, fabricator or a body guy but I really like to do things myself if possible.

[Gillyjuice]

Craigslist find. Got me some Evo8 Wheels for $150. One ended up being non-repairable so I ordered another single wheel on Ebay for.....$150, dammit. Had all Wheels inspected at Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists in Mounds View. All are good so now I feel OK refinishing them.

[dogwhistle]

Way to keep it in nice shape and up with the maintenance. Great find!

[Gillyjuice]

Way to keep it in nice shape and up with the maintenance. Great find!

Thanks! I'm exited for the build. I was shocked to find one locally that didn't even have any free mods done to it.

[Gillyjuice]

FP 68HTA
I hope this turbo lives up to the hype, a lot of people online say good things about it. I guess we'll find out.

[turbotalon1g]

I hope you run that thing unplugged on E85, I want to see what it can do.

[Mark Leasure]

Strut towers look good now, nice work. Good broasted chicken on Saturday!

[Gillyjuice]

I hope you run that thing unplugged on E85, I want to see what it can do.

My plan as of right now is gas as it's available everywhere. The two bp's near me turned into friggin sinclairs... But my plan was also to leave it stock this year and now the entire front end is off,motor pulled and I bought a turbo,so I wouldn't rule out e85 just yet.