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Turbo Swap Prep

In preparation for the next set of turbo’s I brought the Silver S4 into the garage and pulled the engine and transmission.

Turbo Swap Prep
Turbo Swap Prep

I think this pull was a PR, having extracted it after 4 hours and 35 minutes of solo effort.

Stasis Streetsport Height Adjusted

Today I installed the Stasis Streetsports with the new spring perch and set about adjusting the height of the rear of the car.

wheel_space_before

Above is where the wheel gap was at in the beginning, a random setting since the coilovers had just come back from PSI after being serviced.

Below is where I have them set now, just a little bit shy of the 13.5″ that Stasis suggests for the fender to center of the wheel distance.

wheel_space_after

And finally a picture of how the car looks at the new rear height.

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Fixed Stasis Streetsports

My Stasis Streetsport rear coilovers came back today from being worked on.

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The spring perch had been stuck and after a week of them soaking in PB B’laster and Kroil I shipped them off to PSI for the pro’s to give a try at it.

Turns out that a previous owner of the coilovers had decided to use Loctite on the threads to make sure the spring perch did not move from the height it was at.  The use of Loctite was discovered after PSI was forced to cut the spring perches off.

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Here’s a tip, the parts that are indicated by the yellow arrows, do not use Loctite on them.  The red ring below them is for locking the perch in place.

I also figured I would give the rear shock mounts a POR-15 treatment even though they looked pretty good.  Notably, the exterior of these mounts were flawless, but down inside them I did find areas that had rust.

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Now the rear components are reassembled and ready to be reinstalled, with a better height setting.

Stasis Streetsport Coilovers
Stasis Streetsport Coilovers