After a short hiatus, I am back! I’ve been busy with getting my post-grad life situated, and this is what I’ve been doing since I was on last:

I think I have a problem

jmalek

8/12/15 10:28am

Well, I did it again. I found a deal on a car that I couldn’t pass up, so I didn’t. It’s a ‘95 S350 TD that smokes like the freight train that it is, but the price was right. Going to be doing a compression test and pulling the turbo tonight. No oil in the coolant, or oil in the oil, as it’s all in the air or on the…

What's your cheap dream car?

jmalek

8/07/15 8:32am

The Nissan Pulsar reminded my of a couple cars that I want, and are very reasonably priced, if only they came up for sale. So whats your unicorn?

jmalek

8/05/15 12:30pm

So, I am hunting for a diesel merc for a new DD around Michigan, and ZOMG so many cars I need. Here are the more interesting ones:

BMG Firewall

jmalek

6/13/15 11:00am

In case anybody is curiuos about how much it took to fit the M50 into an MGB,

Turbo Silver E30 M3 in Southeast Michigan?

jmalek

6/05/15 8:56am

I saw this car parked at it’s workplace while I was visiting, and I had to slow down both times I passed it. It was one of the most unexpected sights I have seen in michigan, especially at the place it was parked. It is silver, has some sort of stripes on it, and it had a turbo bellmouth inlet in the right front fog…

It's in, and the hood closes

jmalek

5/25/15 7:18pm

After some more massaging of the firewall and trans tunnel, the M50B25 sits in the chassis with the hood closed. Lots of work left to get her road worthy, but it’ll be worth it in the end.