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As always, it’s the end of the week, so we’re preparing to say goodbye to some cars while we welcome others into our open arms.
First is our biggest goodbye in quite a long time. With the 318’s remaining time at Fluid MotorUnion now being measured in hours, we’re cleaning up what we can and getting it ready for George to take back to the city, where he’ll ship it out to Texas for work relocation. Which is a good thing, when you think about it, since he’ll have less of a chance of encountering snow out there, which means more seat time for him. As we mentioned yesterday, the 318 has become somewhat of a staple around these parts, so there’s an air of bittersweetness to see it go, but no matter what, we’re excited that it’s going into the hands of its owner, where it will experience a long and boost-filled life.
Over in fabrication, we’re halfway between hello and goodbye for this Porsche Cayenne S. It came into the shop with a busted flex pipe, which had flexed itself out of commission.
Thankfully, we can rely on Vibrant to produce some fantastic flex pipes, which we happen to have in stock. A little bit of work and it’s right where it should be. All we need to do now is sew the patient back up and it’ll be ready to say goodbye.
In body shop news, since we’re all about giving these guys props for the amazing work they’re doing, we’ve just finished some paint work on this E46’s rear quarter panel. As always, it looks fabulous, and should blend perfectly with the rest of the body. Be on the lookout for more bodywork features in the future, as it’s about time that this corner of FMU got the attention it deserves. Mike (yes, another Mike) and James are awesome.
Finally, we get to wave hello to an old friend that’s come up for a bit of work. Erick’s SL65 AMG is back for a host of work, including some warranty work on his ignition system, an improvement to his FMU custom intercooler setup, a small tweak to his FMU custom dyno tune, spark plugs, and some new stickers for the corner windows (not really, but it never hurts to replace old stickers). After all that, it’ll be back on the dyno to see how the upgrades have been treating it. Last time, it pulled over 900 lb-ft of torque, so with all the work that’s getting done, he should see a small bump. Mercedes has always been known for the torque numbers of its various AMG motors, both naturally and forcefully aspirated, and this car is a perfect example of that.
Look forward to some SL65 video next week, but in the meantime, enjoy the weekend.
Oh, and Charles Sturgill of West Virginia, if you could kindly ship our media director his wheel that he paid you for on Monday, instead of ignoring his messages, that would be fantastic.
First is our biggest goodbye in quite a long time. With the 318’s remaining time at Fluid MotorUnion now being measured in hours, we’re cleaning up what we can and getting it ready for George to take back to the city, where he’ll ship it out to Texas for work relocation. Which is a good thing, when you think about it, since he’ll have less of a chance of encountering snow out there, which means more seat time for him. As we mentioned yesterday, the 318 has become somewhat of a staple around these parts, so there’s an air of bittersweetness to see it go, but no matter what, we’re excited that it’s going into the hands of its owner, where it will experience a long and boost-filled life.
Over in fabrication, we’re halfway between hello and goodbye for this Porsche Cayenne S. It came into the shop with a busted flex pipe, which had flexed itself out of commission.
Thankfully, we can rely on Vibrant to produce some fantastic flex pipes, which we happen to have in stock. A little bit of work and it’s right where it should be. All we need to do now is sew the patient back up and it’ll be ready to say goodbye.
In body shop news, since we’re all about giving these guys props for the amazing work they’re doing, we’ve just finished some paint work on this E46’s rear quarter panel. As always, it looks fabulous, and should blend perfectly with the rest of the body. Be on the lookout for more bodywork features in the future, as it’s about time that this corner of FMU got the attention it deserves. Mike (yes, another Mike) and James are awesome.
Finally, we get to wave hello to an old friend that’s come up for a bit of work. Erick’s SL65 AMG is back for a host of work, including some warranty work on his ignition system, an improvement to his FMU custom intercooler setup, a small tweak to his FMU custom dyno tune, spark plugs, and some new stickers for the corner windows (not really, but it never hurts to replace old stickers). After all that, it’ll be back on the dyno to see how the upgrades have been treating it. Last time, it pulled over 900 lb-ft of torque, so with all the work that’s getting done, he should see a small bump. Mercedes has always been known for the torque numbers of its various AMG motors, both naturally and forcefully aspirated, and this car is a perfect example of that.
Look forward to some SL65 video next week, but in the meantime, enjoy the weekend.
Oh, and Charles Sturgill of West Virginia, if you could kindly ship our media director his wheel that he paid you for on Monday, instead of ignoring his messages, that would be fantastic.
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