Hot-Rod Newport Progress

[mckitterick]

Okay, so it's 88 degrees Fahrenheit up here in my writing office, so I decided to go work on the Newport a bit. I mean, if you're already boiling to death and can't think straight to write, you might as well go outside where it's even hotter and do some manual labor, right? I think my reasoning went something like that

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[saffronhare]

I was going to say something clever about your "hot-rod," but I bet you already thought of that. :)

[mckitterick]

Ba-da-boom, tsch!

[tully01]

Someone please remind me that I like to do this stuff.

Hair shirts are tough to find? No birch-branch bundles handy for self-flagellation?

Just guessing. :D

[mckitterick]

Hardee har har ;-)

I think the part I don't like has to do with doing this in 100-plus weather.

[tully01]

To be real, Chris, you're losing much of the martyr factor by going EFI, a move of which I heartily approve. Carbs are evil. And that old distributor has been giving you fits since you first put the Newport back together. EFI also fits much better with your low-carb diet! ;)

Now, if you get to feeling REALLY masochistic, I have a '92 Mazda MX-3 GS sitting in the driveway. A mere 120K on it. I hear the original 130 hp K8-DE 1.8L V6 can be swapped out fairly easily for a 168 hp 2.5L KL-DE, or even a 200 hp KL-ZE...

[mckitterick]

I'm happy to give up future martyrdom in order to actually DRIVE the thing with some reliability. And I love the term "low-carb diet" for adding EFI! :-D

Imagine 200 horsies motivating an MX-3. That'd be a blast.

[pointoforigin]

Oh, holy moly. Kansas in July!! Your car is very pretty on the inside, though. ; ) Sometime this winter it will run like a charm and you will be so very happy as the snowclad world speeds past.

[mckitterick]

Thank you for the reminder! This week is why we moved the CSSF Summer program from July back to June. The weather was actually nice.

[clevermanka]

You know what? It'll be worth it once it's running. I promise.

[mckitterick]

That is so true!