Resumed Normality
Alrighty, it's all good for now.
I used some of that epoxy and welded the s*** in position. It sucks that the build quality was garbage, but now, it's not going to slip ever again!
I reinstalled my stock shifter in its place. All I gotta say is that I can't wait for that epoxy to finish curing, since I'm really missing that short throw!
And I had one spare exhaust ring gasket I accidentally bought before my catback came in. I thought "**** it, let's put 'er in" since my recent flange gasket designs have not been doing well.
My goodness, it sealed the leak! It actually worked! Granted, there's probably some of the gasket hanging inside of the flange connection, but man I don't care. I've been so sick of having exhaust leaks, and this works. Now, to keep an ear out just in case it blows out or something.
I kept forgetting to upload images of my custom gaskets. Check these bad boys out:
They weren't so good.
Even so, after confirming that there are no leaks, my car has that
slight rasp to it. I think that at this point, it's just how the car sounds due to the headers + midpipe + catback combo. It's a quiet rasp, though. Nothing audibly ricey.
Well then folks, beyond this point, it's going to be just keeping things running. That crap Wallmart oil + seafoam is still in the engine, and the dipstick hasn't darkened yet. I'm thinking of doing one more crap oil + seafoam for 100mi cycle, and then switching back to the good stuff with a little bit of seafoam.
Of course, I still have that MP3 ECU, and I still need to grab an Intake Manifold to rip the VTCS out of (or perhaps I could find an MP3 IM). Then, there's also the idea of getting a Hydra Motorsports lightweight crank pulley.
Well see. Until then, it's going to be lots of school s*** and maintenance. Thanks for you guys's support!