I haven’t had a lot of time in the last week or so to get much work done on the car. A couple hours here and there is all I’ve managed, as I had company last weekend. I have made a couple of decisions for some changes in direction, though.

On Monday, I sold my I-Squared MOSFET power system. I had originally bought the system because it was advertised to have a level of customization that was greater than it actually had. While the system is reprogrammable, it was not end-user programmable which was what I really wanted. I’d spent a lot of time planning on how I would use it anyway, but in the end I decided it was better to sell it to someone who actually wanted to use it and to buy a standard harness for now. Hopefully the new harness will show up this week, and I’ll try to get the car wired over the weekend.

I also decided I was going to sell the gauges I have for the dashboard. I haven’t sold them yet and I haven’t narrowed down precisely what I’m going to use yet, but I am going to use something different. I both don’t want to deal with the hassle of mechanical gauges, and I really want more space behind the dash to give more options for heat and fresh air venting. Right now I’m leaning towards the Revolution Series gauges from speedhut.com. They’re very shallow, so I’d gain a lot of room behind the dash, and also don’t mean running three or four cables and hoses into the dash.

In terms of actual work on the car, over the weekend I got the water neck installed and the rest of the radiator hoses. I had to get a different thermostat because the one I bought from Breeze didn’t fit the housing. I am still not happy with the recovery tank I got from Summit, so I’m still looking for an alternative. I also have the emergency brakes mostly installed. I need to get some hardware to mount the handle, but other than that they’re all in.

I’ll post pictures of the progress this week.