Decided to clean some of the extra casting to help oil flow back to the pan a little.
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Now I'm going to go pressure wash the block, there is still silicone here and there and some carbon the shop missed. I also noticed this little nick (that wasn't there before the shop hot tanked it) but I'm not going back and fussing over it, I can dress it myself and it will be fine.
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kyb agx struts, tanabe gf210, 20mm rsb, tcs front strut tower bar, ej25d, more to come...
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