Last week I was in Cabo San Lucas. For my birthday my wife bought me the “Taste of Baja” driving package. It was expensive but amazing. These pics don’t do it justice. Let me set the scene.

Watch until around the 1:50 mark.

I’m trying to turn this 65 into a 68. Also, check out the difference between the exort and a pic of my screen. Color of the car is more accurate on screen.

I’m by no means a pro Forza painter, but I made my car. You can download it, just search for Abomination. There is no 68 in the game, so I made side marker lights front / rear. I also made my front air intake piece and plastic covers over the vents. Now that I look at it I should attempt adding my hood vents.

While out Gamblin last time I noticed quite a bit of one-wheel peel. I decided to upgrade the clutches in my limited slip to 03 Cobra carbon fiber units. This was my first time doing work on a rear differential. It wasn’t too bad, if you follow the instructions. I didn’t at first and struggled for a bit.

As threatened, here’s a longer post with more pics.

I didn’t want to put this here. My last Gambler trip taught me I needed a fuel can, that 5.0 is a bit thirsty. I had planned on putting the can IN the trunk, but it takes up a lot of room and made accessing other things a pain. I don’t want to store it in the roof basket, a gas shower sounds bad. Keeping it away…

I like it better than expected. I will have to re-engineer my removable roof panels, but I have a plan.

I had a couple issues on the Gambler. The biggest was the exhaust, I slammed a muffler on a small stump, bending it up into the drive shaft. I was able to bend it back good enough for the WA Gamber in a few weeks, but the car will need real repairs this fall.

With some pretty damn sweet pics I must say.

I am still trying to decompress from my first Gambler experience. It was a bit overwhelming. Much like going to Vegas for the first time, there was just too much to see, too little time.

Yes it’s happening. Two weeks to go. I decided to try ANOTHER set of springs, I’m hunting a good compromise between lift and ride quality. I also beefed up my strut extensions and put on a gangster air filter cover.

It’s been a while since I updated. Over the winter I centered my rear end / driveshaft in a last ditch effort to cure some driveline vibrations.... and it worked! I’m no longer afraid to go over 60mph. To celebrate I went for a decent drive... and the alternator crapped out. So I took the opportunity to upgrade to…

I switched out the Citizen for this Armida. I mean, how cool is this? With the date in the meatball? I love it.

This past weekend we made a last minute decision (Friday) to attend the local Oktoberfest. It’s in a little tourist trap of a town (Leavenworth) and of course all the local rooms were booked. The cheapest room we could find was $350 and was about 30 min out of town, requiring a shuttle which cost $60.