I’d mentioned a few posts back about vibration through the car under load. The gear stick was also a bit flappy and moved on throttle and the gear change was a bit messy up the revs too.
I got a “new” dogbone mount with power flex bushes courtesy of
@SKINTasPER today.
I decided to go 2nd hand to avoid the massive bollock on I’ve always had convincing old bushes to come out and new ones to go in!
All fitted up without any bother
It’s cured probably 99% of the vibration now. There’s still a tiny bit but it’s very much liveable with. It’s still very very tight but I can’t think of anything else to twist the engine forward a degree or 2 to make the space. I did think about taking a grinder to the rack but that bit looks important 😂
I went for a compulsory blast and it was running mint. Boost is holding perfectly, it’s running nicely, it’s just very silly and fantastic fun. It’s just got so much more useable speed than the M3. You haven’t got to wring its neck for every bit of power and end up doing 130+mph without realising it. The short gear ratios mean you can rattle through them quickly and really enjoy it. Plus I f**king love boost 😁.
When I got back the wife was there looking suitably unimpressed. I told her to jump in and f**k off. She’s not driven a manual car since 2015 but came back with a huge smile on her face. Turns out she also thinks it’s silly and f**king hilarious. Mrs Yarp loves the boost too 😂
Here she is taking it for a spin. I forgot to tell her it has no power steering and she nearly drove it through the hedge over the road 🤣. I did notice when she took it out that it sounds like there’s a bit of an exhaust blow at the front somewhere so I’ll get that sorted at some point. Aside from that it’s happy days 👌
