upon further inspection...
that puddle of coolant must have been there a long time. after driving the car around "da hood" a couple more days, there have been no further coolant leaks.
otoh, the drivers side rear caliper is stuck, probably from having the parking brake set for so long
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as an aside, the b15 tranny is a nice improvement from the old b14 one. great feel. very smooth, direct shifts with no slop. worth the $$, imho.
right now the car won't idle for shit w/o the iacv, and a loosely held cable holder (zip ties)
. once the au$$ie 70mm t/b is installed, a determination will be made whether the iacv will be needed.
@~1800-2k rpm or more, the oil pressure is~90psi or better.
the motor has maybe 20 min. total run time, so far. another 20 min. and its time for an oil change.
thats all for now