No, really-she is. I've not posted a new thread on Ruby in some time. She's had a number of years of TLC by me. Some of the notable improvements:
1. A bit of lightening, rollbar, 5 pts, a Recaro racing shell for me, a Recaro SRD for the passenger.
2. A full and pretty nice repaint in 12/02.
3. Many sets of wheels until I finally landed on a set of Jeff Alton's 17" Fuchs repros. She's been running on R compound tires full time for about 3 years now, currently Yoko AO48R's, 255/225's.
4. 993 4 piston caliper all around with a 23mm MC and 309mm X 32mm rotors up front.
5. 22/29 T-bars, Elephant poly-bronze bushings and monoball all around, turbo tie-rods, raised and decambered spindles, custom valved Bilsteins.
6. B&B headers with a Flowmaster muffler.
7. A rebuild due to me mis-shifting into 2nd instead of 4th at the track in 2007. She also got a Seine Systems shift kit to avoid a repeat of this mistake.
8. Most recently, I tore her down to the case and put a set of 10.5:1 98mm Mahles in, my second Steve Wong chip, finished twin-plugging her and refreshed the build covered on this thread:
Ruby's engine rebuild-Rev1
Today was the big day, and she came back to life. She fired right up and sounds pretty sweet. The only obstacle is a leaky cam oil line, which I just ordered a replacement for from our host. Here the video of the third twist of the key this morning and a few pics. I guess the real test is this week when I get the new line in and get her on the road, but all else looks right with the motor:
The leaky culprit. If I have to have only one issue with a new motor, I'll take the $33 bolt-on cam line:
OK, so maybe she gets some lighter bumpers and some new paint on the hood next year. Maybe some dyno time with Steve W. Maybe a set of new 1/2 shafts for the rear too. Aw heck, I could replace the old windshield and cover the dash in Alcantara, and then..................
