Yes, I ordered the tranny from ZF in New York and drove down to the border and picked it up while sending my old one back in the shipping crate. I only put 20,000kms on it since installing it so it's still new.
As for this build, I've always wanted to do this to my X5 and although my timeline was sped up a little it's heading in the right direction. For starters, we're going to get the engine installed and running. Once we're happy with how everything works, we can easily start upgrading the performance while documenting the changes and performance figures.

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If you can still see the disapointment on his face in your rear view mirror, he's not far enough behind.
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