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September 15, 2005: First test drive!
I feel as if the Seven has been off the road for ages. I put the second motor mount in last night and the engine is much more solidly mounted than before. There's no real increase in vibration so I think that upgrade can be called a success! The new rod ends for the upper control arms arrived yesterday and they were installed as well. Then it was time to put the hood over top of the new throttle bodies. This involved a new hole. It hurts to take a saw to my hood but seeing the filter stick out is just too cool. It's cool for intake air as well so that's good. I'm still waiting for the other filter to arrive so I only approximated the shape for now. The headlights were aligned and then it was time to roll the car out of the garage.

How did it drive? I didn't go far due to a little wiring problem with the headlights, but it seems strong. The air intake temperatures stayed low and on closed throttle I could see flashes from the flames coming out the exhaust. Tee hee hee! I still have a bit of work to do before the Se7ens USA trip comes through. A lower windshield so my car doesn't look TOO huge as well as the final hood trip. Who knows, maybe even a grille...

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