It's Monday again, so let's have a little story time.
Saturday, I got up early and trekked back to Cincinnati to help MD get his SC back on the road.
I got there a little before 0800 and we got finished a hair before 1800. We did stop for lunch and made one trip to ACE for a carbide bit and a file. Normally, swapping front shock inserts and installing RSR bushings wouldn't take 10 hours. But MD's car has been in a front-ender at some point in its past, so it wasn't as straightforward as we'd hoped. We got 'er done and celebrated with ice cream.
Ice cream place parking lot stuntin (on those fools)
I left directly from ice cream and got home @2032. I beat Apple Maps by 10 minutes, so you know I was getting after it. That new tallboi 5th gear is awesome for chewing up freeway miles.
Sunday, we got up medium-early for breakfast, picked up some 'potting mix', and headed back home. Kelly had some unkempt bush she needed removed, so I engaged the U in SUV.
With the bushes (SHRUBBERY!) removed, I was left to my own devices whilst she stabbed plants into the ground. First order of business was to turn some Delrin washers for my rearview mount. The rearview is affixed with four riv-nuts into the forward header. The riv-nuts are narrower than the rearview bracket and the rearview was prone to vibrating* at certain RPM. *Visibly, not audibly.
So I whipped up some washers and stuck em in.
I'm happy to report that the lion's share of the bad vibes are a thing of the past.
My most recent iteration of the door-release push-buttons has had mixed results. Kelly's side works brilliantly, but sits a bit crooked. My side works acceptably, sits correctly, but occasionally would not 'spring' back out after pressing it. Off to the hardware store I went. I pulled off my button and took it inside to see if I could match up a compression spring. Lo and behold...
Much happier with how things are working. I also trimmed Kelly's side a trifle so it nests better in the base and sits less crooked. #results
With springs on my brain, it occurred to me to try using a spring elsewhere to solve another [very minor] issue. The new FG decklid is so light that it bounces around a bit more than the steel one did. (which was zero) Rather than fit the latch mechs or drill holes in the decklid for [visible] Quik Latches, I opted to try using extension springs where the factory gas-shocks went. My thinking is that I don't need a lot of force to hold it down, so let's try a little tension. Some throttle return springs I had on-hand fit the bill and allow full ROM, so that's what I've got in there right now. I'll mess with spring combinations and stop-bumpers heights until I'm happy or devise a clever alternative. I can tell you already that the springs work better than nothing.
No pics, but EFI content inbound.
I've spent a lot of time this month battling jerkiness at very low throttle input and RPMs ranging 1000-2800. I found I was able to add a little timing and fuel and smooth it out above 2000. But no amount of timing or fuel would smooth it out between 1000 & 2000. I knew my AFRs/Lambda was well within tolerance and could not for the life of me figure it out and then it hit me like a ton of bricks. Injection timing. I last addressed injection timing months ago and have since made many small tweaks to the VE & IGN maps. Let's revisit injection timing. Dialed back the injection timing from 1000-2000RPM and it smoothed out the Lambda readings and eliminated the jerkiness. Super stoked! So I'm revisiting injection timing across the entire map to try to dial this in. I feel like I'm running in circles, but I am making progress. It's this fun cross between circling the drain and homing in.
#kaisawheel