That's the spirit!

 

Yeah, nothing like a $2 part being the reason for a major upgrade.

 

Good news jose. Bad that you already bought all the replacements, but at least it didn't fail.

 

It's okay, I really wanted to get all of this work done anyhow...I just wanted to wait until I had a job first however.

Limping off the line in fear of burning up the stocker has been irritating for some time now. Bogging or burning it up seemed to be the most consistent options. Now there really isn't much left suspension wise to do to the car other than tuning it. I think control arm bushings and maybe an RCK one day if needed and I am out of things to upgrade on the suspension. I want a nice set of AST's or Öhlins latter on down the road though.

 

at least you saved money on the oem CMC. That is great news.

 

I replaced it as well, they would have had to take the stocker out to put in the AMS ring anyhow, so I told them to go ahead and replace it and I can hang on the old one for next time in case of an emergency. The new OEM CMC does have some improvements over the old one I had. They said it is a little bit beefier and has a bit more metal on it. I will take some photos of the differences this afternoon or tomorrow.

 

I may actually get my car back tomorrow. If not that is cool too! Kevin, Richard, and Virgil have been pretty damn awesome to work with!

 

I don't even view them as reliable mechanics who are friendly -- but rather friends who happen to be reliable mechanics.

I've never had a more positive experience from any shop anywhere. I mean that honestly.

 

I went on a nice long drive last night, man does the car feel fantastic! I am getting used to the clutch a bit now. Those that say the HDG6 drives like stock may be on some kind of designer drugs. I have found a bit more revs are required to get it to mesh up well starting from a stop. The biggest improved was in between shifts, I never really realized how much my old clutch wasn't holding. I am getting used to the motor mounts, I don't think I can go back and sacrifice the benefits just due to the vibration.