I finally got the car back together after replacing the passenger side headgasket that was leaking at the top where the oil crossover feed is. I drove it all last summer with the oil leak and the boost eventually sent some coolant into the oil at the end of the summer and the beast was done for the year.
I got it back together last week, I had the frickin passenger side exhaust cam off one tooth and got the P0017 code. Tore back into it and got it all cinched up this weekend. Now it's running like a champ again and I hope just to enjoy it for a while before having to do anymore work to it... maybe I can go a whole year without tearing into the engine for repairs. If I'm just tearing into it to add fast or fun bits, that fine. Those are just bad financial decisions and not bad luck.
I burned off the winter storage tank of ethanol free gas last night and got the first full tank of e85 for the year. It goes from a mildly fun boost to a real ripper with the e85. As long as I'm hitting the boost the smile stays on my face.
I'm gonna get it all cleaned up and take some good pics of the engine bay for my build thread and explain what I have going on with it. I have a little vacation coming up in a week and will have to get to it after that.
Nice to see the new wave of owners showing up here as well.