So another long ass hiatus, sorry about that.

Not a lot interesting to tell cause life has just gotten in the way really

Got this back 3 weeks ago (i think), 20mm guard pull both sides and not a single piece of aqua to be seen anymore. Was pretty hyped to lay in and get it sorted but alas everytime i seem to take a step forward with this i take 3 backwards and fall over. Needless to say i wasn't left with a lot of spare coin to battle with and i ended up making the decision to sell off my 1j setup to keep things rolling. Since the bellhousing with the 1uz setup was the only thing that had sold (and i couldn't bring myself to sell the masterpieces Craig at ECE had fabricated) its reverted back to that setup. After seeing it at Jace's shop fresh out of the booth i knew this was the setup that suited what i was going for from the start.......the regret of past decisions crept in....

I've made some poor decisions in the last 6 months and i felt that ditching the 1u to follow my previous endeavour (which was just problem after problem) was the second one. Number one on the list went to ditching my BT-50, loved that fucking thing and ended up moving it to inject my savings (since my numerous unfinished projects had been a constant burden my bank account had to live with) with some much needed funds. As it turns out buying an RVR was my next shoddy move, problem after problem which then reared it's ugly head in the form of a fast dying gearbox left me feeling pissed off and jaded about the whole deal and wishing i could take back what i had done to get to this point, sold it this week for pocket money and i'll admit i'm already feeling a little better about it even if i am now currently in a worst position financially than i was before i sold the BT.

Picked up an '86 Hilux, painted slate grey, no power steering, 3rz conversion ('03 hilux), falcon/skyline brakes and all the suspension fitted out with new shit in the last 4-5 months with receipts - it's spartan but i'm hoping that being fairly basic and a little of that infamous Toyota reliability hopefully coming my way gives me trouble free driving. I'm really over buying fucking cars.

Sorting out a few little bits and pieces on the Hilux to get it 100% and legal (lowering blocks are huge, wheels are incorrect loading, no catalytic converter) and then it's just save, save, save for our trip to LA and Vegas in June/July so the progress on the sil will be near nonexistent until after i get back. Pains me to say that but it's the reality of it and (thankfully) i already have all the parts to drop in when i get back rather than forking out for mounting, fancy pipework and all that.

Another reason for the slow progress (and probably the major reason to be honest) is where i live in sunny Queensland and the government that currently runs it.......well i'll explain in the post after this.