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ok ... where to start??

I bought the car second hand from a dealer in Texas. After a few phone calls and price negations along with many and very specific questions about the car I boarded a flight a left to go get this car.

I should have taken some signs from the car god above for the trip. First my ride to the airport to drop me off was going not going to be able to make it due to a family emergency. Next person up was a co-worker that got me to the airport in plenty of time. I got through airport security and made my way to the gate to find out that the plane had switched gates and did the all out run to get there in time. when I arrived at the gate I found out they had over booked the flight. there was a young family so I gave up my seat so they could all go together and I would take the next flight about an hour later.

when I finally arrived at the airport in texas the dealer was over 1.5 hours later picking me up. After me giving the sales person my new travel itinerary and a link on to me via a website tracking app.

I got to the dealership and the car wasn't washed but looked clean enough so they tossed me a key and told me to test drive it. with the low fuel light on I drove around where I knew I could get back to the dealer and inspected the car. I found some errors with some of the answers to the questions that I had asked but they were small and i could over look them for the most part.

the sales guy had told me his friend traded the car in for a family vehicle there on the lot in one of the conversations and he knew the car had never been wrecked. which match the basic carfax he had sent me. I found some overspray on the car but since I had previously worked at a dealership sometime ago I knew it was not uncommon for them to color match or fix rock chips.

I decided I would go throw the purchase since I had flown out there and was mostly as advertised. during the paperwork they sent it to be detailed where they let the "new kid" polished the car. he ran the buffer across the headlight and hit the black roof trim and got a little build up on the trunk.

at this point the Texas warranty was active I had paid for it as is where is and the damage i couldn't fight since i didn't notice it until i came out of paying for it.

They topped it off with fuel and I was on my way back to central florida. The first gas stop i noticed the dreaded front fascia drop and knew that it had probably not been install correctly but meh I was happy I had a new toy. During that drive home I found paperwork with the previous owners name and address.

I had a small issue with the sun visors breaking at the roof and then the clutch TOB bearing went out and that was a post on here.

Now after about a year after the clutch was fixed the cars clutch pedal is jacked up and I figure its either the TOB,Master, Pivot, or Fork once I pull the transmission i'll know more.

However, in the mean time I bought a 2grfse V6, 6 speed manual from an IS250 and some other bits to start setting aside for my new swap. I am currently working on the new oil pan design, headers and mounts. I'll use the motec as the ecu to make it all happy. I know of a few cars swapped this way the best example is http://www.turbofast.com.au/GT86.html and i plan on doing something like this but a little different in some areas.

I am not very active on here (yes I am a lurker) and do not know how much ill post.