Sooooo, after being pissed at this cunt of a car for being a temperamental sob we finally kissed and made up. It took every ounce of energy to muster up the motivation to "get back into it".

First, I started tackling the oil pump issue. Dropped the pan, oil pump out, back up pump in, ported the ofh a little more, done. Sent the msd in for repair, got back and installed, done. Rebuilt the fpr with new guts, done. Inspect the Golan fuel filter........record scratch.......wtf!!!! I find the element all fubar. Damn thing is all concaved & so filthy, no sunlight shines through. Well no fucking wonder she couldn't build any fuel pressure. Best part is, it's only about 1-1.5k old. I think a few here are using these filters. Check them and don't be a victim.

HOLY SHIT!! I'm using one of those filters too. Will be checking that bitch tomorrow for sure, good find.

Wow, thats why it kept leaning out.

Yup, plus I took the injectors to EPI, here in Whittier, for cleaning & flow matching for good measure. Crossing fingers my stupid fuel issues are finally fixed.

When is the next dyno mr Hugo

Not sure yet, Mr. The Tank. See how she acts next week first. Plus, already looking into adding a 6-8 point roll bar next. Figured I could do all the grunt work at home like fitting & tac welding. Then take her somewhere for final welding.

My sentiments exactly! I ran into an old tuners thread & same deal with the element collapsing..............



............now wheres my fucking video, perdy please

Check out this one: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/tuning- ... again.html

I'll try and get it uploaded tonight man! I still need to get my camera out of the car since the last track day lol!

Ain't that a bitch!! This piece of monkey shit is going on ebay after saturday.

Yep.. I'm going to straighten out the element as best as I can, sell it and probably try a fuelab unit. Hopefully fuelab isn't also an expensive piece of shit like this golan.

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I have the -6 fuel lab filter and the paper element it came with is still holding strong even with about 7,000 miles of e85 usage. I just got the stainless steel filter element for it that is rated for e85. It looks pretty stout.

So, bringing this back from the dead a few things have changed. The first & foremost is I finally reached my goal in breaking into the tens. The initial plan was to either sell the car or part it out......well this thing is like heroin!!! I've come too far just to "give up". So now I'm keeping her & setting my next goal to 10.5. Before I do that I'm going to get a cage installed. Looking over the bible it states I'm good to 10.0 or 135 mph with a 5 point roll bar, as long as the firewall & floor remain unaltered. Knowing this it makes all the sense to go with a 10 point cage, due to trap speeds. It'll be pricey, so I'm gonna unload a few things to keep my out-of-pocket to a minimum.

nice Hugo!