I installed my Cusco rear swaybar the other day. LOVING it, car feels way more 'neutral' and balanced now and takes corners much better at speed
Anyway i've been thinking a bit lately about what I want from my cars, how to fund it all. With the Hori Dori drift days we've been hosting lately, i've been frothing at the mouth at the thought of getting the JZX out on track, and been trying to think of the best way to do it as soon as possible.
I think what i've decided is to spend the next 3 months or so getting PSIBRG (my Mirage) up to the point where it's 100% usable as a daily driver again. This way I can put my full attention towards the JZX and focus on it properly without worrying about how i'm gonna get to work every night, and without feeling guilty about the other POS wasting away in the backyard.
Basically it needs to be reliable, comfortable (to a point
), fast and legal.
I've pretty much got the reliability thing down I think. It's always been a reliable car (cue Mitsi jokes?) and I don't really see this changing. Owned it 5 years and its never left me stranded.
Comfortable... basically means fix up the leaky interior, put carpet/centre console back in it, and have the roof replaced (typical Mitsi roof rust, I have a rust free roof here waiting to go on)
Next is to install all the parts I have sitting here in my bedroom, BC Golds, Link G4, Kelfords, PTE 880cc injectors. Gonna pull the turbo off and have the exhaust housing machined out to take a TD06SL2 turbine (the TD05H one is restricting it something chronic), and then put it all back together and get it tuned. Possibly might have to do the clutch. And then finally get it certed (though whats this I hear about not being able to cut the front bumper support anymore? mine's hacked to pieces...)
This should see me with a 100% legal, reliable and rapid daily driver that I hopefully shouldn't have to spend any more money on for a while, i'm shooting for 240kw atw on 'street boost' (1 bar) and hopefully around 300kw at 20psi.
Once this is sussed it means I can pull the JZX off the road anytime without worry, and concentrate on saving for a manual conversion kit and a 2JZGTE.
So forgive me if you don't see much progress on the JZX for a little while... tis all for the best in the end. I'll still continue saving for manual conversion parts in the meantime.
So hopefully next year i'll be able to do less of this...
And more of this