Oops , "Hey everybody I appreciate the support here and don't want to seem harsh or ungrateful" Typed Immediately after my last reply to
@Gtstorey as I had to close the screen and go tend to family matter. Didn't even open my laptop Friday or Saturday, and have had significant time available to make progress on the car.
Everybody - Seriously thank you guys for sticking with me, I know I overshare sometimes but that's just my style. My build has been full of delays and problems starting in 2020 and just recently got past stage 1, at one point almost sold my unfinished kit, Thought I had a bad engine after buying the donor at the auto auction, and now it has ran and I'm nervous again that something is seriously wrong! I went from the peak of my career and having a 4th child to health problems, time off for surgery, a demotion then a slap in the face asked to be a 2nd in command to the guy who replaced me so I can teach him how to do it but the kicker was being laid off over the phone on my way home from the hospital for a cardiac procedure! that was when I listed the kit for sale and I decided I wasn't working for anyone like that again and started a new career. Here is what I was in the process of putting out here.
Hey everybody I appreciate the support here and don't want to seem harsh or ungrateful I do appreciate the input for sure, I think I need to be more clear sometimes. Right now I am not interested in working on the engine at all, I am leaving it as is, flashing the base tune from Zzp and data logging for adjustments. The plan is to have an E85 tune set to local summer ethanol content, e40 to have a mid level ethanol as a steppingstone to, 91 octane, and last a power reduced tune with a lower rev limiter for "guest drivers" (this list will be very small) and street driving. I'm just gonna send it, If something is broken I will have to replace it anyway.
I'm only nervous about having to spend more $$$ at this point.
This weekend I was able to get the brake proportion valve mounted and plumbed, I fabricated a 2 gauge mount by the steering wheel, addressed the brake fluid leak at the reservoir and replaced the nylon tubes with Tractor Supply EPDM hoses, Buttoned up a lot of the wiring but not finished, cleaned up more of the floor pan mess from the brake fluid and still need to drop the floor and clean it right then recoat everything, seat brackets might not work out as well as I had hoped ( angles on the harness belts are way off) so I'm not sure what to do there, adjusted the shifter and can grab all 5 gears now, That leaves - Bleed brakes and clutch, flash tune, mount wheels, align, drive....
Gotta be a good feeling!
