The rubbers for the injectors are proving a challenge; step one, gétting them is unexpectedly arduous. Untill I have them, the maf mod and polishing the cam cover are on hold. Annoying.

So, to tie me over, ordered foam board in bláck, cut two wing side plates and replaced the pianted black white ones with integrally black ones. Looks the same, is functionally the same, but Í know 

Gf suggested we go for a ride tomorrow. Hmm. Never know with her. She can be most unfun one day and as much fun another...
Had planned to do the maf mod and the car is rather dirty after some rainy rides. But... the rubbers are not in so will wash-n-wipe De Kikker early in the morning; fingers crossed the girl has a ´dirty´ plan.

A quick rinse, wipe and rolled into the sun.
With the hood sómewhat less chilly, folded it down, gf descended in the bucket and off we went.

Unbelieveable blue winter sky and warming sun in the face we went south, past Alfarnate, Colmenar, only óne car to overtake and with the near obscene grip the wing gives made short work of that dragrace hybrid Jaguar e-pace on the outside through a corner. Then Torre del Mar for lunch ón the beach.

Back up past La Viñuela up to the Boquete de Zafarraya. Two cars; a hot hatch, no delay again through a corner and a cement truck who´s driver saw me coming and gave beyond reasonble way on a straight bit. Waved thanks, he hooted and on we went.
It is a véry twisty climb, the last 6 kms a real challenge to do flowingly and is was a singing joy. 
Going uphill you can push a lot harder than downhill as gravity is your friend if you´d  overcook it but again daft traction.
Those 6 kms of assorted corners, hairpins and whatnots are lined with half a meter high, spaced, stone blocks separating the black bit from the precipice.
The bark of the exhaust alternately reflecting wááóóp, wóp, wóp, wóp, downshift, brápp, throwing it though the bend, upshift and the wááóóp, wóp etc again. Repeat.

The car is só well balanced now. The free breathing giving responsiveness which is a joy in combo with the ever so easy smt in the mountains. Looking forward to any improvement the mafmod may give.

Gf was uttahly unphased, enjoying the sun she said...
Altough I really enjoyed myself, her biggest ´worry´ was about high heels and the somewhat muddy car park at the beach...

Having a few ´commitments´ this week.

Sunny weather so topless Kikker, chilly wind though so no topless gfs. The idea was for  fotos with their local Osborne Toro but alas.
The Fuengirola was a NoNo anyway because the access road had been washed out, leaving a not so nice view from between the surrounding highrise flats as the only option. Even without wind I would not have wasted the offer there  





This morning picked up the next commitment. Different Toro, perfect location, but still chilly wind, again best keep the offer standing.






Apart from the commitments had a véry .... well, satisfying experience on the main traffic artery around Málaga: Two motorcycle Guardia Civil form the Trafico department drove up the highway some 100 meters behind us.
Now those are the bad guys on the lookout to write fines.
I feathered the loud pedal to minumum db level.
The front one came up fást and pulled up parallel while his collegue positioned his bike behind us.
The car, us were looked over, looked at intensely and he pulled away, followed by his mate.
Phew.
Éxtra phew actually because this was the óne time in yéars that I had forgotten my wallet and papers....
Not 2 kms ahead they directed two cars to the side.
The ´satisfying´  bit being that they appearantly thought it all ok.

Mind, I get a lót of positive responses; yesterday first a car drew parallel so the kids could film with their phones, later when parked two mums asked us if their kids could pose with the anime figure for a photo and today we had an assortment of ´thumbs up´.
Nice enough ofcourse but nót being pulled over by specialist fine writers tops it :-)



p.s. just shared the second photo with Saturday commitment. She thought it typical Andalucían. I observed that it missed a typical Andalucían girl. She voluteered. Only detail is that there is no Toro near her.  I´ll think of something ;-) 

Cap Weir´s MAF mod. is in.
The eagle eyed will spot the alu spacer.
Started ok, not driven it yet.

Done some 300 kms with it now.
In the mountains, at the coast, in between; over B-roads, highway, in traffic.

Never mind the handful of horses at the top end; the increase in response and pulling power in mid range are the main gain. It makes for a more gutsy, even easier to drive 1ZZ.

The down side is the starting. Mine was always at the first move of the crank, now it sometimes needs a few seconds.

On the whole it is like driving in a lower gear with the progress of the higher gear or in other words like with a larger engine.
Sofar I am véry pleased with the result.

Despite véry enticing ´arguments´ and arguments from Málaga Girl, had to go up into the mountains.
The pass over the water and climate divide has a last climb of several kilometers of 8%. Two kms before the top is a looooong corner swooping firts right then left to hook up to two lanes from the toll road, in effect being a slight corner to the right.
Near the top, the roud splits; two lanes going north, two east. I go east.

As traffic opens up where the two lanes double into four (hardly if any cars on the toll road), the norm is dropping a cog into fourth halfway the junction at about 100 km/h and floor it.
It is about the ónly place where I sometimes, when traffic thwarts the plan, wish for a turbo.

Pre maf mod I´d be at 125-130 km/h at the split near the top. (There I lift and go 120.)
Today 140    No, no wind.
Noticed that the engine responds better to full throttle now whereas slightly feeding from 3/4 throttle got the better result before.

Rather 


On a side note. I travelled the Málaga circular road, the main traffic artery at  around 11.00. 
It is on average 8 lanes, 4  either direction. It was all but empty. Near the split towards the toll road, it is 10 lanes and I had no, NO! car in sight ahead. I was almost seduced to take a photo.
Takes a superhuman effort to stick to the 100 km/h maximum then.

On a side note to the side note. The toll road mentioned; from La Pedrizas to Málaga, the AP46, is a work of art. It is a combination of bridges and tunnels. Totally superfluous but a work of art.
Have not yet travelled it with the MR2. That says enough really; no need.  Will do so shortly, before prices go up for the season. It ís worth the ride.

At the far end of an áwesome touge road...





I live in the foothills of the mountains in the mist in the background.

Added two chrome details.



Feeling quite at ´home´ now.

A short memo-pauze; the gf is preparing herself for the night out.

An Osborne Bull in Huelva province:





and the ADULT version; NOT FOR OFFICE/HOME!!!!


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Fitted Carolyn´s wind deflectors today:



The adult version Warning: Explicit nudity. Do not open if nudity offends

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Btw.  look two posts up at the Alfa Spider windows;  the deflectors are pure classic. Just lacking a chrome edge ;-)

Thus....

... bought me some of this

You'll have to make that trim strip semi permanent, ie stick it on with something, comes off all the time otherwise.

Quote from: Call the midlife! on March  3, 2020, 21:14You'll have to make that trim strip semi permanent, ie stick it on with something, comes off all the time otherwise.

Yeah, you can´t have that; things coming off all the time. Semi permanent strip sound good though; you nailed it ;-)

Quote from: Petrus on March  4, 2020, 09:58

Quote from: Call the midlife! on March  3, 2020, 21:14You'll have to make that trim strip semi permanent, ie stick it on with something, comes off all the time otherwise.

Yeah, you can´t have that; things coming off all the time. Semi permanent strip sound good though; you nailed it ;-)

Colloquial expressions sometimes aren't the surest way to convey information. "Nailing" the bling strips into place may not be the "best" means of a semi permanent fixing in this case.😉

Quote from: Joesson on March  4, 2020, 11:21Colloquial expressions sometimes aren't the surest way to convey information. "Nailing" the bling strips into place may not be the "best" means of a semi permanent fixing in this case.😉

Aye, but in the context of semi strip?

Just a drop of hobby glue on either end will attach the chrome rim well enough. Think, hópe it will make the deflectors look a bit cooler retro in line with the rest of the interior chrome accents. Free shipping from HongKong may take while though.

Btw. how are those small windows at the A-pillar; tocht-raampje in Dutch, called in English.

Quote from: Petrus on March  4, 2020, 11:33

Quote from: Joesson on March  4, 2020, 11:21Colloquial expressions sometimes aren't the surest way to convey information. "Nailing" the bling strips into place may not be the "best" means of a semi permanent fixing in this case.😉

Aye, but in the context of semi strip?

Just a drop of hobby glue on either end will attach the chrome rim well enough. Think, hópe it will make the deflectors look a bit cooler retro in line with the rest of the interior chrome accents. Free shipping from HongKong may take while though.

Btw. how are those small windows at the A-pillar; tocht-raampje in Dutch, called in English.

Quarter-lights.

Quote from: Carolyn on March  4, 2020, 11:53

Quote from: Petrus on March  4, 2020, 11:33Btw. how are those small windows at the A-pillar; tocht-raampje in Dutch, called in English.

Quarter-lights.

Thank you.
I was afraid nobody of the present car gen. would remember. They went extinct 40 years or so ago?
With the current day speed limits eliminating wind noise they would be gréat again for venting the modern hot-house design cars.

Ignore the dash pod but it seems this is the only photo I have of the vents with the (unstuck) trims.

Quote from: Petrus on March  4, 2020, 12:25

Quote from: Carolyn on March  4, 2020, 11:53

Quote from: Petrus on March  4, 2020, 11:33Btw. how are those small windows at the A-pillar; tocht-raampje in Dutch, called in English.

Quarter-lights.

Thank you.
I was afraid nobody of the present car gen. would remember. They went extinct 40 years or so ago?
With the current day speed limits eliminating wind noise they would be gréat again for venting the modern hot-house design cars.

Quarter lights were fitted on the Austin A30 I learnt to drive in, 1962/3, test delayed because of the "exceptional" winter weather. Previous to that my Father had an old Ford (iirc) that had the wiper motor at the top of the windscreen on the inside, together with hinges, and a screw and crank handle at bottom centre of the windscreen to open / raise the bottom edge of the windscreen for ventilation.

Following ´quarter light´ found synonyms quarter window, vent window, valence light.
Anyway, a chrome edge will smarten it up imo.

Just up the road here, júst over into Granada province.
A natual salt ´lick´ where the mineral rock salt comes up. You can literaly pick it up by the kilo.
The tower structure goes back to moorish times and where the collected clumps were stored.

The car looks really mean, love it!

Quote from: Nvy on March  6, 2020, 15:07The car looks really mean, love it!

Thanks.
The last photo perfectly illustrates the why of the 3D wing shape btw.

Álso made clear by several of my snapshots is that any lowering of my car or buying a ´proper´ sports car would see me grounded most times I take De Kikker for a spin. Ofcourse differnent use would effectively sort that but it would also effectively curtail how I like to use the car; as a runabout where I live. That includes local roads with lots of crown, ruts and potholes, even stretches of camino. Well, ánd my own access track; see the deflector photo ánd both bull snaps.

Sound tracks.

Accellerating:

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The Doppler effect flying by the girl at a P at the highway. First a coach then the MR2 at about 170 km/h.  This also illustrates the lével of decibels relative to .... a coach passing:

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