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Riot Fest yes. Day drinking no 🤣

Ok this is 100% my fault but because I was at the mercy of importing / logistics etc.
We won't be there because we are on our way home from Houston having picked up our Supra 😁

Work in progress

I thought the forums were down!

We definitely want to meet.

third or 4th weekend in August, 2nd weekend in September...

Unrelated but Jordan we will be at that show tonight

Look I logged in on my phone.

I have a handful of photos but I don't use hosting sites anymore so I am useless.

We'll probably be there. Depends on my financial woes post tour. I quit my full time job in October and am expecting to drop a huge amount on Blink tour lol.

Blink tour starts May 4th ends July 16th then we only have 1 weekend home before Jake has an event weekend and we have a friend's wedding the following weekend.

We're out May / June / July in full. If there's a late summer meet after August 8th we can make it.

I can't math apparently.

Oct 15 or 29 I meanr.

haha!

Good times!

I vote 2nd or 4th weekend in Oct for a Fall meet!!

I think by now we all know things don't go as planned haha. Show up in whatever you can however you want!

I for one hope we'll hike this time. I definitely missed hiking last meet.

Summer meet? August? 13 or 20?

Long time no update

We (mostly Jake, though I did help drop the old engine and with some minor assists here and there) completely overhauled the engine, and FINALLY got it to a competent tuner in April. We got it all dialed in after only one additional tweak and took Scarlett on a run to the Tail of the Dragon last weekend and she did not disappoint one bit.


The mount on the rear diff is at the end of it's life now, but we already knew it was going to need replacement soon.


Can't wait to go back again!

It's likely we're going to Chicago.

I have to be up at 5am, it's definitely late.

I am a qualified chooser of chips but I don't eat dip!

Are you and Erin?! I was originally going to the Milwaukee show Saturday night but am on the fence because allllll our friends are going to Chicago. Just sucks being Sunday and an 17+ show means it does not end early.

We'll cover chips (and dip if someone tells me what kind they want)

Jake and I will be there. Fair warning I have to be on my way (Jake and I will be in separate Celicas) by 5pm so unlikely I'll be able to grab dinner. You guys can see the newest addition to our fleet and *fingers crossed* hopefully the finished product on Scarlett (minus paint)

Been heavy on board neglect here I apologize.
Jake and I are in.

I feel like dogs and children should not be deterring you core members from coming, FYI.
Even if you guys didn't want to trek all the way home in one day there's options other than the expense of the Dells toward Madison, and it's a really nice calm place unlike say, Chicago.
We'll probably make our own arrangements for staying if we choose not to drive home.

I hope we don't need that but if so, we have a grill and we can have a fire and I can send you all home with an abundance of fire wood. I'm currently no use in the assist department as I wrecked my lower back!
The turbo SHOULD be back to us next week.
We upgraded in conjunction with the rebuild so...

*who will livestream the beans meet so we can be there via video?

I think he's just super worried (like me) about doing something wrong and potentially making things worse. The 'normal' stuff we do all the time on 'regular' cars is nothing, this seems daunting at least in my opinion because if I break something I will be insanely mad at myself.

From Jacob:
"I don't know how TF to do that so I would need help"

So since our last update...

Friday 8/16 we were 92 miles into our drive from Crystal Lake to the Tail of the Dragon when we pulled over as we had some oil residue on the windshield. Immediately upon pulling in you could see a decent bit of steam/smoke coming through the hood vent. Popped the hood, the dipstick was pushed up (which we had happen a couple times before) but more importantly Jacob said he could see a tiny fireball inside our turbo. Killed the power to the car and called a tow truck. The wiring alongside left side of the turbo was very brittle and compromised. We obviously missed the Tail trip as a result.

We brought the car home and tore into it that weekend with a little help as usual from Mr. @enderswift.

We already had a spare wiring harness and picked up some of the parts from the local dealership, including a new PCV valve as we snapped ours in half accidentally. These old cars and all..

We got a compressor tester and a leak down tester- Compression was great on all cylinders.

Fast forward to Labor Day- if you know us, you know I keep our schedule crammed at all times, so we were on the run for 2 weeks with no time to focus on the car after that weekend. Neither one of us had any prior experience running a leak down test before. We called a bunch of people and were surprised how many of our friends- whether hobbyist mechanics or full time technicians- had done one of them. I watched Eric the Car Guy on YouTube (another huge feat if you know me because I f**king HATE watching videos) and then we dove into it. I think the most difficult part was finding TDC in the right firing order but once we got that we were good to go.

*we ran the test the first time with the engine cold- which is a terrible idea don't do it, it will likely give you a meltdown*
Once we got the engine to operating temp after our little meltdown and another assist from Luke, all cylinders were in excellent spec less than 5 off the pressurization. Anything 0-10 is considered good.

So after consulting with many of you kind souls, we believe we narrowed the problem down to the turbo itself. So we're taking it off and sending it in for rebuild/upgrade and should have Scarlett back on the road just in time to leave for Hawaii and not drive it until October. (not kidding)



I'd include more photos but the site I used is no longer allowing it!

I truly hope this is what it takes for the Beams to go vroom vroom for you. Sad we won't be there to witness it ourselves!

Home. AAA towed it back. Tearing into it tomorrow. Just no Dragon