I actually ended up in better shape than I started.
All the way down there, and the whole time I was playing around on the Dragon, I had a bad ignition breakup issue (I thought). I found that the negative terminal (the clamp part on the end of the cable) had split, and was making only intermittent contact. Drove a screw into that to tighten the connection, but didn't seem to help much.
About halfway home it occurred to me that I had never opened up the fuel pressure regulator after installing the motor the previous weekend. Once I had enough fuel going to my poor starving Sterling, holy shit! I hadn't driven the car since last fall, so I hadn't realized I was that far down on hp. Wish I had found that out before running the Dragon, but I still had plenty of fun.
I took a twisty route home, so finally made it after 16 hours of solid driving. I only spent about 20 minutes on an interstate, all the rest was backroads through NC, TN, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan.
Oh, and that fb with the torn up rear end, I think the screename is DJ55B. I was eating dinner on the patio when he got if fixed and started giving out rides. Listening to him run up and down that road was impressive. As Billy put it later that night, that car is WICKED fast. Wish I could have taken a ride.
I only got a chance to take one passenger through the Dragon this year though. Duffman, what did you think?
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