It's been a long month eh? What started out as a simple plug and play swap, simple taped-off engine spray job and other odds and ends mission has turned into a month filled of many upsets, setbacks and achievements as well as a MASSIVE learning experience for both myself and kate (myself especially!).

I won't even begin to try and fathom the amount of energy and time my friends have spent on this project, Jason especially and I really don't know if I will ever be able to thank them all. This project rode the very fine line of "asking friends for help" and "being a time-stealing prick" and I'm sure I crossed over many many times in the whole ordeal but in the end, it was just a bunch of buddies having fun, getting drunk and bruising some knuckles all in the name of making a great project car.

The car runs PERFECTLY albeit a small issue with low-end power loss that I am attributing to either a 2.9 manifold or CAI filter slapped on the MAF. I mean don't get me wrong, after 5 grand, Roxy pulls HARDER than any VR I've ever driven but I'm a low-end guy and this won't do ;)

We rolled over to Jason's last night around 7ish and had the car doing road tests by 9. After a few things that had to be tightened up, Kate and I were on our way home with one phase behind us and a few big ones left to tackle. Bodywork and paint are next, then it's reassembly and then it's vacation time haha

So again, THANK YOU to everyone who has helped so far; blog supporters, folks sending emails and IM's of encouragement, all the sponsors, all the haters who keep my nose to the grindstone, kate for the support when I become a bleeding woman, all of the Homegrown crew and an extra special thanks to Jason who let me turn his garage into a three ring circus for the past 4 weeks!

On with the pics!

While I was waiting for parts last week, I shaved my airbox once more (got rid of the secondary air outlet and cleaned up the top) and finally finished it with paint.

Gross, lets get rid of that outlet STAT




Grind grind grind


Lil bit of sanding to smooth things out


Taped off the hole and then glassed in the hole from the inside


Took the tape off and viola... perfectly flush


Sprayed the corners metallic silver (super secret finishing move to be revealed later *wink*)


600 grit wetsanding to get the overspray rise off of everything


Then a final few coats of black to match the engine manny. Issa nice.


Then we drove over to Jason's to pick up Roxy. I left my camera unnatended while refueling hahaha


Jason made a quick bracket for the power steering bottle


Then a quick test drive up and down the street and we were on our way


Right at home... just where she belongs <3

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