Here are some pics of the completed car taken in my driveway this fall. I drove it work several times a week during the summer and I couldn't be happier with it's performance. It tracks straight, handles like it's on rails and is surprisingly compliant over bumps. I expected a much firmer ride. It's still firm, but I would categorize it more like an RX-7 R1, rather than a grain truck. It's alot better than my wife's lifted Rubicon was.
I'm averaging around 10mpg on E85 even with OD. That's not too bad though considering they say one uses about 25-30% more fuel by volume due to gasolines higher efficiency. It's also hard to not punch it whenever possible! I chose to run it since it's 105 octane and is readily available and cheap here in MN. As I said earlier, a good wideband O2 would help with the tune. I haven't dyno'd it yet either because I wanted to get it closer before spending my time and money there. Edelbrock is coming out with some new D port aluminum heads that would allow me to use my existing headers this winter. If I chose to go that route, my SCR would be low enough to run pump gas and would enable a conversion to EFI. FAST's new EZ EFI would be perfect. I already have a nice throttle cable bracket and lokar adj thottle cable, etc. Their system would let me re-use all of that and my air cleaner, etc. If I don't sell the car, I'll likely consider that when I can afford it. E85 is a good psyche out fuel though...when I idle through a cruise in, everyone assumes it's race gas. It has a unique smell to it so I field alot of questions on that subject.
