I'll start by saying I'm really happy with the car!
I got the throttle body gasket swapped out today, and it seemed to clear up my idle issues. The car idles great now. I still hear a hissing inside the manifold, but I'm thinking the Magnus manifold resonates a bit more than the stocker when air bybasses the BISS? IDK, maybe you guys running the Magnus can chime in. I put the front fender liners back in, and finished up all the other little stuff. I retorqued my lugs, and checked all the fluids. No leaks AT ALL. Honestly, after having so many problems with 1813, I almost expected some sh*t to go wrong. But, so far, so good /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif. All I really need to do now is throw the hood back on after I decided what I'm going to do to the underside.
I got a little bit of time to go drive the car around a bit. I still really f***ing hate how the diff feels. I can't believe I was looking forward to having a welded diff. Even on moderate inclines, I don't even have to brake at a stop. I just crank the wheel a few degrees and the car is planted. I can hear the front axles bitching the whole time.
While I was out derpin around in the car, I noticed how people kinda freak out when they see a car without a hood. I just drove around the local roads a few miles from my house, and was getting all kinds of crazy looks from people. Some guy in a riced civic stopped me while I was taking a few pics of the car under a bridge. He asked me if I always drove around without a hood because my motor "looked so expensive" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif . He seemed nice enough though, so I bullshitted with him for a while, answering tons of questions he had.
Anyways, the car ran great, and I was ecstatic! I'm looking forward to putting some more miles on her. Per the usual, the Marine Corps fucked me over last minute with a 24 hour duty post tomorrow, so I'm not sure if I'll get to detail the car this weekend.
In the mean time, here's a few crappy cell phone pics of the dirty topless girl before I garaged her up for the night /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif