[Tuske427]

Still slowly chipping away at this. I got the axle narrowed and back in, but the rear operating angle (aka "pinion angle") is too extreme (6º) so I will need to rotate my axle up to reduce it. Unfortunately my DSE arms are already maxed out in adjustment, so I'll need to do something more to rectify this. I underestimated this part of the build before (operating angles) and now it has caught up to me with a vengeance. Lesson learned. I spoke with Brett (Fab53) who has more experience with this kind of thing and he gave me some suggestions for relatively simple fixes. So my plan of attack is this- I will look at lowering my car 0.5- 1" all around to finesse the ride height and wheel opening gaps (which, btw, I realized my front end sheet metal is slightly off square so I need to adjust that, too), re measure the operating angles, and likely end up making a jig and new location holes for the upper control arms to clock the axle as needed. Then I can measure for a drive shaft and once installed, add some fluids, a battery and see what happens.

I finished the cold air intake assy, connecting my rad hoses, and RXS atch can. Only thing left in the engine bay is an IAT sensor. Rock auto is sending me one as I write this.

I bought one of those "Spoilers by Randy" and installed it. I like it. I wrapped it in black vinyl for now, as I opted for the brushed aluminum version and didn't want to paint over it at this time. I also had a glass shop come by the other weekend to install the front and rear glass in my car, only they brought a scratched windshield, so I sent it back and hopefully they will be back next weekend with a decent piece.

The saga continues...