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some will recognize this flatty ,see if this works look at those 16" MeshieZ http://i.imgur.com/YqUSvFO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/PoXInsm.jpg and the original keys http://i.imgur.com/vaOHvnK.jpg

The vid link rocks. So much smoke and hair back in the 80's. Figured that's why 88 and 89 seats have mullet holes in them?

After 4yrs of mfg this kit with stellar results, it seems that members are now reporting fitment issues with the '83 hood because of the side vents. Here are a couple of mods that will help alleviate the problem, but may not entirely fix the issue due to hole and hood bracket mounting placement during initial install. Further, the hood bracket design has evolved through 4 iterations in 4 years, which drives hole placement location differences. These mods will help get the hood flush with the fender, but may not entirely resolve the issue: http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc409/motocam360/SQ%20Hood%20Struts/83%20vent%20bolts_zpsyitup82n.jpg Remove the factory '83 stud and nut from the side vents and replace with an M6x5mm pan head bolt http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc409/motocam360/SQ%20Hood%20Struts/83%20Hood%20before_zpscprqqiul.jpg The heat shield can get in the way (see the yellow interference dye on the strut and heat shield). http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc409/motocam360/SQ%20Hood%20Struts/83%20Hood%20after_zpsw5qw4w3i.jpg Note the orientation of the heat shield retainer clip. In the orientation shown above, it does not make contact with the strut body. I am working with another good SQC member to try a few other minor refinements to resolve this "flush hood fit" issue so stay tuned.....

I figured that I'd post here before I tear into the engine. Some backstory; My car has been running perfect for the last several months following a few years of sitting. There were no engine leaks and the car pulled hard with no smoking at all at idle, no boost, and on boost. Today I drove the car about 15 miles into work. I wasn't driving aggressively but I did get into the boost a bit. The car was perfectly fine. I parked the car and then came back a couple hours later to go for a drive with a coworker. I was kind of trying to show off and had a few full throttle pulls 1st-3rd. After this I noticed a bunch of white smoke pouring out the exhaust. I drove the car back to the parking garage in a cloud of smoke. I waited until the engine cooled down and checked the coolant, which appeared normal. I unscrewed the oil cap and that's when I noticed that there was some oil that had been forced out of the oil cap onto the valve cover and the dip stick was also popped out. The oil level and color looked normal, however, when I removed the oil cap some smoke came out. I had the car towed back to my house and took the oil cap off and started the car. Smoke was blowing out of the oil cap and out of the tail pipe. What do you all think is the cause? I've been told that it could be valve stem seals leaking oil into the cylinders which is being burnt and causing smoke in the exhaust and inside the valve cover/engine. The engine runs and drives fine...I drove it on and off of the tow truck. Any help is much appreciated! So far my plan for the weekend is to do a compression test and then I'm thinking about pulling the head off for inspection.