Dear Significant People,
After months and months of agonizing and few brief nail biting episodes, my car’s engine is finally done. In September I finished my engine install and with help from a fellow car nut, we miraculously managed to start it up despite its 10 year sabbatical. The first few times we ran the car, fire would sporadically shoot out the side mounted Weber carburetors. (Observe the photo with fire)
At this point the only think left that I could think of was to take the car down to Auburn’s one and only Blood Enterprises (a highly respected tune shop) for the final touches and tuning. We trailered the car down on a beautiful fall morning before work. As usual with all car projects my Dad and I were in for a shock. What happened over the next month should have been mentioned by Vizzini in the Princess Bride as one of the classic blunders.
For the first three weeks, the shop discovered one hindering problem after another. But one by one they eliminated each snag until they were finally ready to do what they do best, which is tune carburetors on their slick dynamometer (a machine that measures all things pertinent to an engine’s functionality).
The engine tuning was a huge success with 110hp measured at the rear wheels, a seemingly small number but remember that the car only weights about 10 pounds heaver than a go-cart. The net result is a highly responsive and eager to please machine. O=()()=O = Smiles
Much Love
