RICLARK, I'm doing OK now; some days are better than others. Doctors were unable to operate because of the location of the discs so I'm stuck living with it and having to try to rehab my back with physical therapy. Hopefully it'll work and I'll be able to live a somewhat normal life in a year. It hasn't stopped me from brewing, though I am kind of hurting from brewing and bottling this week. I usually brew with one of my friends so they can do all my lifting for me.
Cheeto1977, Thanks, yep that's a SHO (Super High Output) with a Yamaha engine. It's a V6 not the V8, but the 6 is a far superior motor. Even without all those mods, the V6's with a manual transmission would blow the doors of the V8 SHO's. The V8 didn't come out until the Generation III SHO's in 1996.