With the car safely back home, it was time to do a quick mechanical inspection.
This car is super clean underneath considering it lived its entire life in the Northeast. I can't find any corrosion, which supports what the original owner said about keeping it garaged and out of the bad weather.
I had some supplies waiting for both cars...
Off came the airbox cover, which revealed something that I actually laughed out loud at...
Check out that date code!
The airbox was fairly dusty and gritty too, so that got shop-vac'd and wiped down.
Yikes.
Much better.
As a whole the engine bay is pretty dusty but not grimy or oil at all. I'll do some before/afters of when I detail the bay.
Unfortunately FCP forgot to include an oil filter in my package, so the car has been draining oil out of the 2 sumps for a couple days now. It'll be ready to rock tomorrow.
This brings us up to speed to the present. I still can't get over how nice the car is - it is truly special to drive and couldn't feel any more different than my E90 335.
Stay tuned as I continue to go through the fluids and generally clean up the car!