So after three months I've done... nothing? December was a really unproductive month. The wife went back to work and I was stuck with a 3 month-old full time and a 2 year-old on Mondays and Fridays. I tried to take advantage of some random warm weather. I made a rather boring video of me driving around for ~35 minutes. There's some good noises in there.
Most recently I had the engine harness re-done by Jason at LMS-EFI. I had the wires for the ignition coils shortened so they aren't spiraling around the engine. It's a subtle change but overall improves the look of the engine bay.
I'm up to ~1450 miles on the break-in and regularly hitting 7000 RPM. It still needs a better tune. It's driveable but rich and transient throttle is still an issue.
More recently I took a half day so I could do some work on the car. Decided to replace the leaking water pump. What should have been a 1 hour job ended up taking four. My crank pulley doesn't give me access to all the nuts/bolts holding of the water pump. I had to remove the crank pulley, which means I also had to pull the fan shroud. Not overly complicated but I screwed up and spent at least 2 hours fixing it. I had a lapse in judgement and removed the crank pulley without holding the woodruff key in place so it came out. I tried to re-insert the key before anything fell out of place but it stopped, sticking out about a 1/4 in. from the front of the e-shaft. The oil pump stayed in place but the counterweight moved. I fiddled with the position of the crankshaft hoping things didn't get too out-of-line but no luck. I realized the design of the counterweight would cause it to want to rotate so the most mass was at the bottom. I aligned the key slot at 6 o' clock and tapped the crankshaft with a rubber hammer just in case the counterweight rotated slightly. After a couple of taps the key slid in. Crisis averted. I buttoned everything back up and fortunately it started and ran like normal during the burping process. Just waiting for it to cool down and suck the coolant back in before capping it off and going for a drive.
It's still has bearing noise in neutral (clutch engaged) and 4th gear. I have new bearings but have just been too lazy to do any real work. I also picked up another black interior carpet since the painted gray one isn't holding up. I really need to properly aim the headlights so I can start taking it out at night since it's getting warmer.
I want to bring this car to the DGRR. Aside from the issue of getting it there I have a few things I need to accomplish:
-Replace front bearings in transmission to hopefully fix the noise I'm getting in neutral/4th.
-Replace driver's side seat bracket and rails with one piece mounts from Street Faction to hopefully lower seating position.
-Obtain and install a passenger's seat and 5-point harness.
-Get a proper alignment.
-Ideally complete break-in and finish the tune.