Drove it twice, once to pick up my wife for lunch and once to drop her off again. On the eternal fuel economy chase, I'm down to roughly 17l/100km (appr. 14 mpg). Not too bad considering the mix of German motorways (she's thirsty above 100 km/h), kayaks on the roof, town and some off-roading. My first lead on a Fairey Overdrive fell through, the one unit was sold before I found a colleague in the UK to facilitate shipping. There is another one, just not sure if I'm really willing o spend 1,000 pounds on it...
Now that the new job is starting to replenish savings a little, I am planning to do some more serious work over winter. Definitely the rear suspension, some bits of the front suspension and at least one Detroit Truetrac diff (in the rear, the replaced open rear diff would replace the worn out front one). I do have my eyes now on a pair of new cylinder heads, I think those might help with power and fuel economy. I like both of these things. I'm considering those as, looking at millage, the cam is most likely needed anyway. While I have a mechanic working on the old lady anyway, my guess is I can have him do the heads at the same time. And the diff, I don't feel like skimming, even if I did it would take ages. and she needs to be ready next May to go for a month to Iceland.
One question so regarding the heads. I'm looking at V8Developments heads and those from Turner. The Turner ones are double the price so, not sure if they are worth it. If someone has experience with either, any opinion would be welcome!
I'll get some window blinds today, sleeping in her without sucks. That'll be the most urgent thing to do, there is a long weekend with her coming up end of October!
