We made it!
Eric and I were working until about 7:00 last night, charging the AC and bolting on the belly pan and subframe cross bar. I got her all washed and and loaded and ready to leave this morning.
The drive up was uneventful, which is the best word I can use!
I made a couple of stops along the way, one of which was to AGR since they were about 1/2 mile off of my path. (they will be replacing the PS pump, and apparently I need one after he showed me the metal floating around in the fluid of my current one) TOW drive great up the highway, smooth at speed. I can lug the engine down into the 1700 rpm range and it doesn't complain at all. Part throttle response feels better than before as well.
I haven't run it hard yet, just a couple of 6k+ rpm blasts. Tomorrow on the autocross course she'll get a good workout!
I did have one panic moment as I was driving to dinner. I hear something hit the firewall or the toe board, not sure which, but it didn't sound good. I stopped and looked everything over but didn't see any obvious problem. After I returned to the hotel, I grabbed a flashlight and started looking closer. I found one of my hose clamps had come apart, I must not have gotten it tight. The sound I hear was the other half leaving the car. I was happy this half stayed in place so that I could find it and relief my concern!
At this point I'm hoping the weather is going to hold out for us tomorrow! The registration for this event is apparently really low, as evidenced by my number above (I was over 1800 last fall). I think the forecast is keeping people away. We still have a good chance of at least 1 of the days being good though! I'm hopeful...