build diary

August 6, 2005: It's back on the road!
Whew. Warning, stream of consciousness coming...Everything bolted up together relatively easily. The Revlight tach is taped to the side of the scuttle where I can sort of see it and determine if it works, but it's not really in my line of sight. There's a ticking coming from the rear (sounds like an axle flange hitting a ziptie) that I haven't found yet - but I can drive the car again. It's refreshing to be back behind the wheel. The sways have certainly tightened things up and the car moves around less on the suspension. It's impossible to say what the handling balance is like at the limit on public roads, that will have to wait until tomorrow - and even then, power oversteer tends to overshadow any other kind on the autocross course. That exhaust is definitely loud. I think I'm going to have to change it out again. I am getting tired of cutting and welding those pipes...

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