12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build

Took the car out yesterday for a 15 mile drive. This is first time the car has been on the road in years and with this new combo. I have to say, I'm quite pleased with how it went. No leaks or squeaks, and more importantly, it didn't leave me on the side of the road. I'm super surprised how close the AFR is on the default fuel table. It does get a little lean when I get into the throttle, so I do have some work ahead of me. I'll get the cruising tune dead on, then worry about the 50% and up throttle tune later. I want to make sure I know what I'm doing before I get into the high load/RPM portion of the VE table.
The Borgenson steering box is awesome. It almost makes me forget I'm driving a 49 year old car. Considering I'm still using /6 torsion bars since my 1.08 bars are back ordered, I have to say ride quality is pretty damn good. I'm anxious to see what the 1.08s will do along with some decent shocks.
The last thing that really stood out to me was how much cooler the engine ran. Previously with the carb and big nasty cam, it would easily get to 200 degrees when driving. Of course that was with a Mezierre electric pump. I have a 160 t-stat now and it actually dropped below 160 when I was cruising. Most people would love this, but EFI needs temperature in the motor. I'm going to try and raise the temperature when the fans come on (currently 165) to see if that helps, but I"m sure it will still drop down once I'm cruising. I do have to consider the ambient here was around 65 last night when I was driving and come summertime, it will be 95. Thinking out loud here, maybe I'll wait until summer to see how it does and just try the fan temp thing first. I also think once I have an AC condenser in front the radiator, it may reduce flow through it.
Anyway, it looks like I'll make the car show this weekend. Now I just hope the weather holds out.