Been sortah quiet in here...
There has been a lot of progress!
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Functional horn and turn signals (although only the high note horn works. Low note horn is on order). Also more wiring to include some anti-theft measures and to generally make things a bit nicer.
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Headlights! They work! The light switch doesn't work properly, so the park lights aren't coming on. New light switch is on order, lol.
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Seatbelts! Beautiful navy blue! Seatbelts plus online, great seatbelts for a reasonable price! I like how the seatbelt is hidden by the b-pillar and runs parallel with the seatback. It's a neat and tidy look.
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Plenty of room to get in the back still.
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Engine bay has been getting some work tidying up and making everything functional. Aluminum patch panels on the firewall have rubber gaskets and bolt in tight. Driving around without them when it was high 90s outside was brutal! Got out of the car dripping sweat!
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Temporary... or maybe not so temporary expansion tank.
It's been driving well. I've got it running on the rich side to be safe, and the IAC doesn't seem to be working correctly, so it's idling at 1200-1300 rpm. I've also been driving it oddly. To get good data at all different running conditions to analyze and tune, I'm shifting up and down unnecessarily, running it at all different rpms and load conditions. Consequently, I got 8mpg on the first tank. Since I don't have a fuel gauge, I found this out when it started to fuel starve going around corners with about 3 gallons in the tank ( a convenient metric until I get gauges in it! ). I'm hopeful when I get the idle down, run it leaner, and drive normally that my mileage will improve to at least the low 20s.
I also have a coolant leak on the intake. Coolant puddles in the valleys of the intake base, and when I park on a slope, or enough collects, it runs off the front or rear of the engine. It's slow, more of a seep, so it's still drive-able. I bought a gasket kit and will probably pull the whole intake before too long. I'm debating camming it, and porting the intake to get a bit more ompphh at that time. It isn't bad at all right now, but more would be better