MAJOR progress today. I don’t think this car knew what hit it.The calm before the storm…

Treehouse bushings versus the stock 60mm.

Treehouse bushing installed.

Old guibo. You can see where it tears under stress. This one is pretty tame compared to some of the others we’ve pulled out of this car.

Who needs a transmission stand? Matt Foerst manhandling the transmission from the motor.

Hard to believe this is only the 2nd transmission that has been in this car.

OEM e34 M5 pressure plate.

UUC Motorwerks lightweight flywheel.

Clutch Specialties 6-puck ceramic installed.

Old e35 M5 throwout bearing versus the new one. Thankfully… Global Imports BMW had one of these in stock.

Ready for re-install…

Turner RTAB versus the stock bushing.

Pressed in and ready to be bolted up.

The center support bearing was destroyed. We had to make a mad-dash across town to pick up a new one from United BMW.

The new one… ready to rock.

Trans back in, driveshaft bolted up.

The old ITG filter. I do mean OLD.

See? This thing is literally falling apart.

Prep team from left to right: Erin Sanford, Matt Foerst, Chris Stein, Michael Sarol, Byron Hill.

New sparklers…

To replace the old ones.

Trying to troubleshoot the hydro e-brake install… and narrow down the best plan of attack.

Random, awesome beef jerky man.

Random snap of my rear lip. Destroyed and eaten away by years of molten rubber bombardment.

Aspec tips c/o Foerst Motorwerks!!! These things are SICK!

Fitting…

Sanford behind the stick.

Brantley finishing the welding.

The end of the night.

Tomorrow we need to weld hangers up for the exhaust. I’m making an early run to Summit Racing in McDonough for some Earl’s fittings that should help us run the hydro e-brake in-line before the ABS module.

HUUUUUUGE huge thanks to Matt Foerst and Erin Sanford. They put hella wrench time on the car… and were a gigantic help. I never could have got all this done today without them. Thanks to Michael Sarol for driving me all over town to pick up parts. I love you guys. SERIOUSLY.