New month, New projects...

The trip to homecoming went really well.  I stayed in the right lane and pretty much kept my foot on the floor.  It's very easy to drive like that.  

Thankfully, my friends are lazy and out of shape.  They attempted to return to their college glory days by picking up and moving my car inside the fraternity house.  While the Landshark did get off the ground, they compromised at carrying it 5 feet.  I was still not amused.

I'm missing some power and throttle somewhere.  My goal this month is to find them.  I'll be adjusting the throttle to make sure it is set properly and getting its full range of motion.  These cars have mechanical fuel injection, so I'll be adjusting that a little.  The car still takes many tries to start and stay running when cold.  Before I fry my starter, I'll be adjusting what the books call the "warm-up regulator".  It gives added fuel when the engine is cold and helps regulate the fuel pressure to the engine throughout the driving cycle.  The last project for the month is to slap a patch on my exhaust pipe so that people stop asking, "So, is it a diesel?"  It's a little loud.  I'll also be keeping my eye out for a passenger seat, and a center console so I can put the interior back together.  

Driving this car out on the road was a pleasure.  While it didn't respond to the gas pedal, the handling is fantastic.  The car responds to little movements of the wheel, it is not unconnected to the road like cars today.  Power steering is nice, especially on larger cars, but on a small car like this, it would just get in the way.