McCoy's "room for improvement" build
 

I've been on the forum for a while now and I figured it was time to let you all in on my daily. I bought it for $800 when I was 14 from a very nice man in a trailer. Since then I've put about $6k in it. I love working on this car and luckily because I went the cheap route I get to constantly fix things... The list of mods are as follows:
Engine:
Ebay log mani with 16g dsm turbo
Knockoff ssqv bov
12:1 FPR
FM intercooler pipes w/fun-sized intercooler
2.5 straight pipes
Aluminum rad with slim fans

Suspension:
Ebay super-stiff adjustable coils
KYB shocks
FM adjustable sways
Front strut bar
Autopower roll bar
Door bars

Drivetrain:
Ebay 6 puck with lightweight flywheel
4:10 torsen

Interior:
Ebay deep dish steering wheel with slim quick disconnect
Custom 2-tone charcoal(center) and black(back and sides) seats
Kenwood head unit w/ipod interface
X4 6.5 3-way speakers

Exterrior:
Wings west full kit with lip spoiler
Carbon F1 style mirrors
Black TSI's
Seamless replacement vinyl top
Black-out tail lights
16" Konig Holes with 205/40/16 cooper tires

It's not the greatest quality build in the world but I have had more fun building and driving this car over the past 7 years than I have doing pretty much anything else. A few old pictars to start off:
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Plans if I can get my bills paid this summer include proper engine management and a full overhaul of the turbo system.

I will assume the front is crashed, since you don't want to show us. The back looks nice though.

you from the 417 area by chance?

I am living in Springfield right now, yes. And here's a front end pic:
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And here's what happens when a brand new 16g blows its oil seals out on the first start:
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And yes, the ricy muffler is gone now...

Engine bay and interrior shots are coming as soon as I get a nice day to clean the car up. It's supposed to rain/baseball-hail over the next 6 days...

Moar from a nice day:
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Car looks good! I almost got mine out today, but im lazy.

Looks good man. So how has the log manifold held up? That isn't the autochrome stainless one right?

It's just the cheapo ebay manifold and suprisingly it's held up really well. Only one small crack directly below the turbo on the bottom of the manifold. And I just replaced my HKS SSQV special edition black bov with an adjustable ebay ssqv knockoff and I couldn't be happier with how it's performing. The sound is wonderful and it came with two recirculation fittings if I decide to go that route too. Pics as soon as I can.

Crappy cell phone pics of the interrior with the door bars in as of today:
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God. Awful. Pictures.