So now that I've dropped about $1,400 to $1,500 in parts and have spent countless hours either doing something major or just little things here and there, earlier today I finally got to take my 87 Dodge Raider for a good long drive. About 85 miles actually, doing both highway and stop and go driving, and figured my miles per gallon to be 13.8.

And it was pretty uneventful, except for now if I let it idle too long, then it'll sputter and die out and it has a hard time starting now. Just think I need to tune the carb and the timing and then it'll be good to go.

I haven't ran it through emissions yet, so I'm just running around on a temp tag for the next couple days. Once I get the carb and timing done though, only thing to do will be to fight it out at the DMV to get it emissioned, inspected, and registered.