I got this car in 2003. For a long time it was just perfect to me so I left it alone and loved it. 60,000 miles later it had a blown head gasket and so it was time to make some decisions. I decided to keep the car. Gradually keeping the car turned into insane boosting plans and so here it is. I plan to do everything in big stages as life just isn't as much fun without this car on the road.
Head Gasket Job. Did this a couple years ago and it has the following notable things:
* VAC standard head job
* All sensors (cam, crank, knock, etc) except HFM
* All rubber and plastic bits in the cooling system, vacuum system and a new water pump, thermostat and housing. This was expensive but offers huge peace of mind. The parts list was many pages
* Belts, pulleys and tensioners
* Fuel injectors balanced and blueprinted
* Primary and secondary timing chain tensioners
Now more recently I redid the suspension. This includes:
* Bilstein sport shocks/struts, H&R sport springs
* Every single bushing and ball joint replaced (about 20 of them)
* Front and rear shock mounts replaced, rear with GC track mounts
* GC delrin RTAB limiters (limits rear toe deflection under heavy load at the expense of noise)
* Lots of driveline work including new guibo, center bearing, diff and tranny oils, reverse switch, etc.
* Front and rear control arms, tie rods, etc. Basically everything.
Now after this the car is super tight but has some front end play that I now suspect is the wheel bearings.
Shortly after this I installed a full mac mini car pc system. The dash is completely custom. Not sure I recommend this to anyone else just yet. It's pretty flaky. I blame windows.
Who knows what the future holds but the goal is megasquirt, rebuilding the bottom end with LC pistons, fixing the interior/body issues and then boosting the **** out of it.