I am back in Franklin for a couple weeks for Christmas and I am driving my ’78 Spider daily since I left my daily Giulia in Florida this winter.  I thought I would drop you a note to tell you how life with the Ingram-built Stage 2 engine is going.  It’s been about 6 years since I installed it and it fired on the second try by the way.  It was another couple years before I got it on the road.  It has performed flawlessly and I love the sound.  You told me to put the resonator back on and you were correct, the note is enjoyable.

    I originally thought I might autocross it some but I have not, maybe in the future.  I have put 800-900 miles on it mostly in town.  What I love about driving in town is I can easily accelerate with all the modern cars and they get to enjoy the gear changes and the sound.  It really sings at 5000+ and I am confident driving it anywhere.  I had a couple small oil leaks and that’s it.  It runs clean and the 123 Ignition and Spica Stage 2 pump you built are reliable and fast.  I actually checked my differential ratio because it runs through the revs so quickly.  I have 195/55/R15 tires and they are a bit smaller in circumference than the original 165/80/R14s.  I think this is why I keep auto-crossing in the back of my mind.

    It’s been fun driving it more than usual these last couple of weeks and I wish I had it in sunny Florida with me this winter.  Take care and thanks for the performance and reliability you gave me.