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And then I had this great idea that I should probably turbocharge the car. Because, why not....I ordered up a single billet Aero wheel S480 turbo from VS racing after a lot of internet and youtube research. I followed a lot of Richard Holdener advice.

Nearly a year goes by and I get a call that my transaxle is complete and ready to pick up. I didn't wait anytime to have that thing stabbed in there. Had an expensive learning curve with clutch and flywheels that can be used with the new S4 transaxles...I have a brand new Mcleod dual disk setup...

Before sending the body to the Powder coaters it was in pretty rough shape. Rewelded the underside and outside the entire sides of the hood was cracked. The process of filing and sanding began. Took my time to minimize the warping and kept a wet rag next to the areas I was welding. 

Some time goes by I get the car to a roller. I went with a white with a fine metallic I don't remember the exact color. By this point I am starting to get pumped. 

So I began the disassembly of the chassis. Took it to our local powder coater (Extreme Powder Coat) and had it sandblasted. I ended having my learning curve of trying to spray steelit through a spray...A painter I am not. But it still came out decent.

Chassis started life as a LaFortune Race cars score tagged class 10 chassis package when I first got it. I had gotten it running using a GM525 crate engine a 2D transaxle. After a major rebuild of the 2D I decided I didn't want to go through that costly rebuild again so I decided to pull the...