The first few weeks back on the road
The good:
- MegaSquirt fired up on the first cranking. Good for me for double-checking my wiring and double-checking that I had the coils reversed. After swapping the plug wires, it fired immediately and idled. Sweet.
- No major leaks with "10 miles" of relatively untested coolant piping
- Car didn't fall apart or strand me with around 25 miles of driving
- Update: ~200 miles on the trip-meter, still running strong, running 6 psi of the WG spring
- Update: ~1000 miles on the trip-meter, everything is fine, probably should take it apart a bit to check/torque everything
- Lots of noises/creaks. Some I can identify (hard top, glovebox), some I can't.
- Still leaking a little oil. Darn. Oil pan has been installed twice since the car was taken offline, I'm not doing it a third time.
- Stutters occasionally. Probably due to excess fuel. I think the spark plugs are begging for mercy and I'd need the COP system in place to light the fire.
- Maps are pig rich everywhere. Need to be leaned out. AFR of 10's under boost (which FM considers "low" and to be tuned to 12.5). Ignition values are unknown but don't hear pinging. Again, tuning ($125/hour x 2-3 hours).
- Losing coolant somewhere or coolant doesn't bleed well with the radiator as positioned as reservoir tends to be empty.
- The rust. Need to do something about it before it gets worse.
- Paint/fiberglass chip on the hardtop. Annoying.
- Car needs washing. Bloody Durham county water restriction. Can't wash car in my own driveway with water that I pay for. Mental note: take pressure washer (which only uses a couple of gallons of water) borrowed from parents to wash house, wash car at parent's house in Forsyth county at next visit instead of extortionist car washes.
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