My Mystic Adventure...

[REF84]

Wonder if this one is any different from the mason engineering pedal that I have on my car, this must be a brand new product.

[cakM3]

My ZHP is scheduled for more shop time where I will be doing the following work:

- cam position sensor replacement
- high pressure power steering hose replacement
- install my Turner aluminum power steering reservoir / refill power steering system
- Install my Rogue Engineering aluminum short throw clutch pedal

[cakM3]

My ZHP went into the shop this morning for the following work:

- cam position sensor replacement
- high pressure power steering hose replacement
- install my Turner aluminum power steering reservoir / refill power steering system
- Install my Rogue Engineering aluminum short throw clutch pedal


This will be the last maintenance/upgrade scheduled for this car this car season

[cakM3]

I got new high pressure power steering hose installed as well as the Rogue Engineering Aluminum short throw clutch pedal and Turner Aluminum Power Steering Reservoir added to my ZHP as shown above. This car is so much more enjoyable as a daily driver compared to the day I rescued it from its previous owner. Even my mechanic who has worked on and off on this car over the past 4 years commented my car is much happier today.


note: cleaning and detailing of my engine bay is on my list of many things to do . . .

[cakM3]

Botond was nice enough to stop by this afternoon to give me a hand swapping out my sun roof shade panel and then realign my sunroof glass. He then set up my Microsoft Surface Pro 9 tablet for BMW Diagnostic so I now have an updated tablet with everything needed to run diagnostic on my BMWs


I also swapped in my new Gruppe M intake and gave Botond my old one. Everything is coming together for my daily driver ZHP All I need for my car is one brand new rear AS4 tire and the car will be set up for the 2024 car season

[cakM3]

I got a lot done for my ZHP this year so far. Started 2024 off with the following:

- Rennline Cell iPhone charger magnetic mount
- AutoSolutions Gen2 SSK w/ DSSR
- UUC Corsa TSE3 Exhaust
- MS 45.1 ECU Stage 1 tune from Chaos Calibrations
- Turner triple baffled aluminum power steering reservoir
- Rogue Engineering short throw clutch pedal
- deleted Clutch Delay Valve
- replaced all O2 sensors
- replaced rear passenger window regulator
- replaced coolant expansion tank
- replaced high pressure power steering hose
- replaced both cam position sensors


Soon I will take delivery of my Garbino carbon fiber lip spoiler and will have this mounted on my MTECH II front bumper. This should add a very nice touch to the look of my ZHP after it has been mounted. This is a hard to source, and expensive, part but is of very high quality and I am looking forward to adding this rare part to my car. Once this is done, my ZHP . . . like my M3 and Porsche will be ready for it's trip to Florida where it too will remain . . .

[cakM3]

Last group of pictures showing my engine bay was not up to my standards but I have been going thru a lot in the past month and unable to do a lot of the work I am usually accustomed to doing.


This is not how I usually have my cars set up . . . I'm much more accustomed to seeing my engine bay looking like this



This is so much better now


I had an awful month last month and have been recovering day by day since then. I haven't been able to do a lot which is why I am now using either an indy shop or dealer to get the bulk of work I have been doing for my cars to get them set up this year for their big road trip. A lot has changed for me and this is why you all have been seeing lots of traffic on my mod/maintenance front.

In all this I have sold my Audi to free up time and resources so I can concentrate on my Porsche and M3. My M3 is in the shop now getting all of its maintenance performed then in July the Porsche will go in for much needed upgrades/maintenance then all three cars will be ready for their drive south. My ZHP is ready to go right now . . .

There will be lots of changes coming up here at my end as I pull out of Rhode Island on a much more permanent basis and move south. This is why there is so much going on right now . . . all of which has been unplanned but more a result of a life-changing event I have recently gone thru.

[cakM3]

Pictured here is my Garbino carbon fiber lip for my ZHP

Ever since I saw this lip mounted on Stewart's wagon I had to have this lip for my ZHP and I now have mine


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[BADCLOWN]

Jealous of your acquisition, I ended up taking the CF lip off that I had on mine (not a garbino) because the fitment wasn’t 100%. Can’t wait to see it on the car

[cakM3]

Jealous of your acquisition, I ended up taking the CF lip off that I had on mine (not a garbino) because the fitment wasn’t 100%. Can’t wait to see it on the car

To be completely honest Jacob, I was not expecting this when it happened. My co-worker was stationed in Japan (Yokohama area) for the last 11 years before retiring from the Navy. When he retired, he got a job with my company and I ended up becoming his supervisor. We became good friends and he did this on his own accord. He contacted his Navy friends in Japan and made the acquisition happen without my knowing anything about this until after the item had shipped out from Garbino. Only then when it was on its way did he let me know. I was not expecting this but really appreciated him reaching out to his friends to make this all work out for me.

It goes to show that there is a "brotherhood" with military personnel, even if you never served with them. I am grateful for all who were responsible for making this happen for me. I too can't wait to have this lip installed on my ZHP which will most likely happen over this upcoming weekend There will be pics taken of the Garbino lip before mounting it and then once after it has been securely mounted to my MTEC II front bumper.