yup it's probably from my awesome driving skills I'm taking the oppurtunity to fix a bunch of oil/gear oil leaks, and to drill a more accurate hole for the grub screw so my shifter isn't so dang far to the right. Maybe install the aussie ign and the ITB's too. I can promise you the ninja mobile will be better then ever.

My parts will hopefully be here tomorrow, so I finally was motivated enough to pull the nose cone and this is what I found:



While the engine was out I POR'd the sweet engine mounts Eric welded in, I heart POR so much

Jeez... Remind me to never let you drive my car!

I must have shifted with my man hands

My parts are all here to fix the mess that is my notchback. I got the HD front mount from CIP and holy crap that thing appears to be tough as hell.

good news man so you should be driving the notch to come to the party saturday?

Yup...tranny and motor are back in , should be running tomorrow. I had to "modify" that front tranny mount, it fits now

Glad to hear it, man!

My area of focus is on my tranny mount as well. I just haven't had time to mess with my car in a while, but when I do that's straight were I'm heading......and blowin' up Ethan's phone for advice!

After putting some gas in the notch, it fired right up. I fixed 3 tranny leaks and one engine leak...yay me. I got a couple of final adjustments to make and a little cleanup then the notch should be back on driver status. Good thing too because I'm in serious withdrawals.

Here is some product reviews:
CIP nosedive rebushing kit is Meh quality, it required a bit to be able to use it.
CIP axle boots are actually pretty damn nice, so far no leaks
CIP SA gasket is decent quality, I only used the nosecone one
CIP type 4 oil screen gasket kit is German and of top quality
CIP HD front tranny mount is definitely good quality but I had to modify it to fit even though it said it fits a early t3
CIP hockey stick seems decent, but the hole is in the wrong spot