Spuds' Vroom Machine

[DarkPira7e]

Damn, tough to read, so sorry but glad you're safe dude Seems like a lot of us are ready to pitch in-
I'll go through what I have kicking around, start dumping what you need as you find out! So sorry...

[Spuds]

So I tried something a bit crazy. Wanted to get the car ready for the next autocross this weekend. Nearly succeeded. Got a bunch of used parts locally, some new parts, and the frame mostly bent back into shape (yesterday). Planned time off through the rest of the week to swap out the radiator (tabs broke), "finish" rebuilding the interior (air bags, seatbelts, antenna), and rebuild the front. Unfortunately I did not see that my left strut was bent until about 10pm last night after I got the car back. RCE looked into some options but couldn't find a solution for a 2-day turnaround.

Should be interesting autocrossing a Buick...

The worst part is I just got new RE-71RZs in the FRS size once I knew the frame would be done. So now I gotta find a way to not waste them. Otherwise I would take my time this year. Maybe I'll just get a new set of coilovers... This is getting very expensive...

[DarkPira7e]

Originally Posted by Spuds

So I tried something a bit crazy. Wanted to get the car ready for the next autocross this weekend. Nearly succeeded. Got a bunch of used parts locally, some new parts, and the frame mostly bent back into shape (yesterday). Planned time off through the rest of the week to swap out the radiator (tabs broke), "finish" rebuilding the interior (air bags, seatbelts, antenna), and rebuild the front. Unfortunately I did not see that my left strut was bent until about 10pm last night after I got the car back. RCE looked into some options but couldn't find a solution for a 2-day turnaround.

Should be interesting autocrossing a Buick...

The worst part is I just got new RE-71RZs in the FRS size once I knew the frame would be done. So now I gotta find a way to not waste them. Otherwise I would take my time this year. Maybe I'll just get a new set of coilovers... This is getting very expensive...

If it's helpful, I have some rusty ST coilovers I planned on cleaning up and running sometime if my HKS coilovers go to shit.
Our best laid plans are always sidelined.... just keep your chin up and don't rush into a debt hole over it (Unless you want to, in which case, GO ALL OUT YOLO ETC) Everything will work out in time

[Spuds]

Starting to look like a car again. On track to get on track (or at least zip/slide/spin in the rain through some cones) this weekend. So much work. Only thing I'm really not happy about is the front is still tweaked to the left by ~5mm. Will need another pull. I'll try to remember everything I had to do in a future update when I'm not dead tired. It has involved nearly every tool I have from hammer to soldering iron. My workbench is a mess, I simultaneously don't have all the fasteners I need and also don't know what to do with all my extras.