I know how you feel. About a month ago I did a cross country trip from Texas, where I bought the car. I initially thought of having my new purchase shipped back to Cali., but I decided to drive it back instead, in order to "bond" with my baby. Everything went well, the 915 tranny though sluggish in the city performs well on the freeways. The K-27 upgrade, which I paid the PO to upgrade before title sign over, allowed the 3.3 to breath and spool up quicker. I cruised I-10 through New Mexico and Arizona enjoying the pre-summer desert weather when just 30 miles outside the California - Arizona border, I heard a pop/clunk from he back and i see from my side mirrors black smoke eminating from the rear. My dream car has become my nightmare. How was this so? The PO provided paperwork to doument the rebuild from TRE about 10K miles ago. Didnt expect the engine to go out so soon. To make a long story short, I had found a carrier and had shipped back to NorCal to begin the engine rebuild. Heck, I was only behind the steering wheel for about 18 hours, now I gotta spend months in the garage before i can get back behind the wheel. Needless to say, my wife was livid when her first images of the car was on a flatbed. Once i got over the initial shock and heartache, I actually look forward to dropping the engine and working on it. I guess in some perverse way, it's all about the car. Driving it or working on it, it's all the same, you gotta love it. He he he, just got to convince my boss for some overtime......I want my parts! I will be documenting my rebuild on another thread.
