Dan
Ya know I love you...
but will you just
DRIVE THE DAMNED CAR???
Over 4K RPM. With your undercar system, no one on the street will be scared. Carry RPM in the gears.
Stop gawking at it. Get with a local club (any make) who rents track time or autocrosses. You don't have to race, just tour the track lap after lap at a medium pace and work up to sh!tting yourself.
You have no idea at your usage level how wonderful an ERA is to get in rhythm with. Especially one you slaved years to perfect. You are using 20% of the car's dynamic envelope.
Let it wheeze, piss and niggle the details but you're missing the entire other half of the experience. Of course the self build was rewarding. But now whip it and raise your personal bar. You have no idea yet how much more rewarding it is when you press it hard and trust your craftsmanship dynamically.
Like you I was anally obsessed, but always with the vision that I'd pull it's hair out or have it kill me. It didn't and that's the entire other reward - you are that good a builder too. And it will always be as docile as your wife wishes when you're not pressing it.
Two decades from now it will be just as good as this minute-because you're a capable guy who can have perfection
and performance.
Here's how I know:
Rant over---pal.
