(06-26-11) Blondie goes down...

Blondie's turbo went out on 6-26-11. Actually, it appears to be a bad diverter valve, but after 250K miles it's probably time for a new turbo anyway. Bought a new turbo from ECS, but it didn't quite fit - the air intake was a different size, so I had to make another order on 07-01-11 for a new air intake. According to the guys at ECS, the turbo (K03 sport, instead of the normal K03) along with a silicon air intake could give Blondie up to an extra 65HP (although the software probably will not let it do quite that much). I didn't want more horsepower, I just wanted my car to run again. Oh well... Anyway, on 07-05-11 the air intake should arrive and hopefully Blondie will be back on the road. I miss you, Blondie.