It's now Feb 2007. I have driven the car with the Long / TruCool cooler about 500 miles and it hasn't blown up yet. This is a smaller one essentially 5" X 11". Oil temps are now about 230 degrees and this is with cool weather. Ok, maybe adding a second one of the same size will bring it down some more. Still resisting the addition and plumbing of a front mounted cooler but I have acquired a Mazda RX7 cooler in case I change my mind.

Also changed the CIS throttle body and warmup regulator from the '73.5 style to a '77 2.7 style with vacuum controlled regulator. Car seems to run better as soon as I quit putzing with the mixture. Had it lean enough that it would backfire on cold startup .... started richening the mixture and now it starts like it should. I'll drive it later and see how the hot start situation is.

It's time to start thinking about running this thing for the Route 66 Ramble and/or the Atomic Ramble. The Brown Turd lives ..... somewhat.