I had 4 cars to drive in 2019/2020 and I managed to put 6000-9000 on each one...
Do GrubHub drivers make good tips?
Where did you get the steering wheel and spoiler at? Interested in both for mineOne of the downsides of buying a modified car is that everyone has their own style... mine errs on the side of stock looking so I did a bit of work this weekend on my newly acquired '16 to revert to a more stock premium style.
How I bought it:
Started off with some Shelby CS14 wheels (I know they are heavier but I liked the look - I also prefer silver wheels)
moved on to some interior upgrade with a gt350 steering wheel, OEM leather heated/cooled seats, and gt350 door panels
and finally, ditched the GT350 style spoiler
Next on the upgrade list is the 8" sync upgrade, wiring up the heated/cooled seats, wrap the dash trim in gloss black, and doing a 18+ intake manifold.
Dam Ryan my experience was completely different and I even had the the A10 transmission cooler to deal with in between all that. WTF?!? with that clamp, never had one fail like that. Maybe having another set of hands was the difference with the tabs as we could work the bottom and the top at once when putting it all back together.Installed my PEEPEE Radiator upgrade. What a pain in my ass. It's an easy job, except when your batch of spring clamps were made of CHYNAH's finest pot metal. I shit you not, the one holding the lower hose had the ear snap clean off before I even got close to getting it over the little catch to release it. GARBAGE. I had to carefully cut it off and then fight with the remains to get the hose off without damaging it too much. Took a few hours. The condenser tabs were also fiddly in my application, the fitting block was bumping into the bottom of the retaining tab which was not allowing me to lift the condenser high enough to release it. I had to get creative to actually get it off without breaking anything. So yeah, 0/10 experience. It's not like I'm a novice either. Oh well, at least we got to the end with some of my sanity intact.
I'll find out tomorrow what the (probably small) differences are. I don't expect to see much difference with normal driving, the thermostat regulates that for the most part. Where I DO expect to see some gains are when I'm hauling ass up a mountain pass. The stock radiator really didn't like that much, CHT struggled to hold at 225 the last time, and I've seen as high as 230's before. As long as I'm under 220 from now on I'll be satisfied. I only paid $250 for this shipped, so it was a "why not" purchase. Now I know "why not" LMAO.
Guess that's just my luck these days. I've never seen a spring clamp fail like that either. I'm sure the later steps would have gone smoother if I weren't already infuriated from battling that shitty clamp. Regardless I got everything bled and put back together, seems to be good so far. Good test day given it's 100F out, lol.
Dang, all the pictures I’m seeing on here lately have all been out in the rain. Thank goodness it never rains in Southern California all we do is polish the car and drive.Got gas…
