I finally got my hands on a brand new Motordyne Shockwave TDX2 exhaust. It took a few years but its well worth the wait!

 

Why did it take a few years.

 

Tony is over 1 year out on delivery of his new TDX2’s.

 

And probably takes years to save up the coin for a TDX2!

 

And I thought waiting 4 months for my FI setup was long. It’s a whole new world in which we live.

 

me

i needs mah engine & exhaust vroom-vroom noises

lease is ending, and next car is adding ~90 more horsies & torques

 

But Volvo has a button you can push to pipe vroom-vroom noises through your deeeeluxe sound system.

But I'll bite. What's the next machine gonna be?

 

Well G fam, sorry i been slacking off, cause i have acquired a new toy, 2001 MR2 Spyder and have to perform an engine swap since the original motor blew on the way home. Now it has a 6 speed box and 2zzge in it

 

eez secret for now! may post aboot it in the "look what i bought" thread later this year or in Jan

 

My driver's side power window motor had been acting up a bit lately, so when ordering more nuts and bolts for my suspension refresh I figured I should be proactive and pick up a new one. I decided to try the "RevSpring" brand that CZP sells for $95 (well, now $99), instead of spending $280+ for an OEM one. The existing motor, which was a replacement from when the car was still under warranty, finally died last week.




This is my first time digging into a door on this car, but the replacement was fairly easy. The RevSpring motor assembly was a close match to the OEM one and so far works fine. I'm not sure what the difference is between it and the $35 ones sold on Amazon, but didn't want to take the chance on something that cheap.

 

Usually it's just the labor and parts spent on the motor itself. There's a colossal difference between a good motor and a crap one, everything from the quality of how tightly wound the motor windings are to the quality of material used for the brushes, stator, brush springs, everything.

A good motor lasts a hell of a long time, a cheap one that's poorly fitted with overlapping windings is going to eat it's brushes fast and not generate as much torque due to ****ery on the windings.

 

finally made progress on the car project. Unfortunately the backup engine needs new main and rod bearings 😓. Total refresh incoming.

 

Threw on a set of snow shoes. Blizzak performance tires. These will be year round and I can safely say that they’re better at dry handling than the old Bridgestone all-seasons. Being run flats which do weigh a few more lbs given the thicker rubber, I was able to drop about 30 lbs by removing the spare and tool kit, so a net loss of around 10-15 lbs. As you can see, the flush look is gone as these are 245s and I kept the spacers. I actually like the aggressiveness. It’s a personal taste I guess.

 

Installed an aftermarket door lock actuator.

 

Parked the G for the winter (except for occasional weekends when the weather is nice). Charged up the battery on the Tacoma because I'm a dumbass and left a Bluetooth OBD2 scanner plugged in last week which drained the battery (even with my 2amp trickle charger running). Winter daily driver changeover is done.

I noticed I'm starting to get little peeling spots on my clearcoat right behind the sunroof, looks like I'll be painting the roof next spring, possibly this winter if my brother ever gets his boat out of the shop.