K(hold the A)24 turbo Wonder coupe RIP PURISTS

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Originally Posted by Om1kron

nice little rocketship you've built here.

Thank you!


New idler pulley and tensioner came in just in time to get the car back together for our first ever Gold Star cruise and bbq, which was nice. Zero hiccups on the 100+ mile loop of mostly highway cruising and 25 miles of mountain road.



I did lose a chunk of straight body filler from the corner of my fender on the adventure though 🌝



Shop hangs and BBQ is always a good time!



After the cruise I did a nut and bolt check in preparation for an event and found a cracked weld on the passenger rear drop knuckle, likely from the off-track excursions the previous track day. Probably a very low likelihood, but still glad it didn't have a catastrophic failure on the cruise haha



Rather than get it welded up, I decided to switch to PBM's newer cast versions to hopefully avoid any future cracking issues. And I figured while I was at it I might as well upgrade to the newer RUCA's, which provide more axle boot clearance.



But of course 5 minutes in I had to prank myself. My trusty little ratchet-that-could called it quits after a decade of similarly abusive antics. What the hell is a breaker bar?!



A couple days, beers, and a new 1/2" breaker bar later I arrived at self-prank number 2. Pretty sure this was the original cotter pin from 1989... Bent back and forth more times than a used car lot's wacky wavy inflatable arm guy.



20 minutes with a Dremel and a pick later I found self-prank numero tres. I actually recall noticing this issue when the arms and subframe were on my hatch, but totally forgot to flip it around when I transferred it to the coupe fully assembled. I have the front of the subframe shimmed so getting it to even drop just enough to pull the bolt out took a good amount of effort. Good thing I had a brand new breaker bar to use for leverage because what the hell is a pry bar?!



I also replaced both axles. The outer boot on the driver side recently exploded, which I think (hopefully) may have been the cause of my e-brake feeling like it was barely working at the last event.

With everything reassembled, it looks like I have about twice as much axle boot clearance at full droop (pictured). At ride height there's about 2cm now vs 1-2mm previously 😎

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Been a minute since I updated this. In short - car is dialed in the suspension, appearance, and reliability departments, so it's finally time to make this thread live up to the title!



After a million hours of research and sorting through conflicting bullshit I picked up this PSR 3576. It honestly may not be the ideal turbo, but it's a good, cheap starting place that should make cool sounds. There's still about another $3k worth of shit I need to buy to actually put this thing on, so it'll be a while...