Things can’t be too bad; I took Buzz to work today without incident.

Of course, I had to show him off, so three trips outside and at least one more planned. Since the car wash was closed last night (and since the ECU isn’t actually waterproof at this point), I’m glad I spent 5-10 minutes using the Armorall Exterior Detailing Wipes to clean him up a bit. Made the shiny bits shiny. He’s been parked unwashed for the better part of a year.

On that subject, it came to my attention that my first blog entry on this subject was January 10, 2008. Today marks one year, pretty much to the day, since I got serious about the project. Now, I didn’t start taking Buzz apart until March 20, but the actual project, from “yeah, I’m gonna do it” to riding a fuel injected Buzz to work was one year.

There have been many interruptions along the way and gaps during which little tangible progress was made. I have re-engineered a few things along the learning curve. Knowing what I know now, once the parts were gathered, a conversion like Buzz has turned out to be as of today, would probably take me about a week of evenings.

I do not consider the project finished yet. Buzz still runs rich, especially at low RPMs. I still need to adjust the valves and bolster the ignition system. Since I’m planning to Squirt the VW trike, I may order a MicroSquirt and put it on Buzz and use this ECU for the trike. MicroSquirt is ready out of the box to drive two coils. With the adjustable fuel pressure regulator, I hope to be able to rein that in. If not, I have the other throttle body and the intake fab *that* will require. I still want to put a wideband O2 sensor in there.

Of course, none of that addresses the cosmetics I have in mind for Buzz.

In any case, it’s lunchtime, time for another ride….