[MetroMPG]

OK, since Shack Status: Operational is imminent, I will have more modding time in 2011.

So here are 3 new tasks that weren't on my 2010 list (which I never got to anyway). The first mod of 2011 will be...

• ... not actually a mod, but rust repair to the underbelly of the ForkenSwift. I'm not sure just how bad it is, but I have reason to be slightly nervous about what I'll find when I start poking at it.

• Next, I want to improve an existing mod on the Firefly/Metro: relocate the coolant heater tank. Its current location has never been good for convection circulation.

• I'd like to get the new-to-me convertible Firefly/Metro repaired & on the road for a couple of months of use by late summer.

And the 2010 mods I never got to:

Goals for the Firefly:

• good version of the removable boat tail
• lowered ride height & A-B-A test
• fix my cruise control for better A-B-A testing (this was on last year's list and I didn't get to it)

Goals for the ForkenSwift:

• basically I didn't do anything to it last year, so again everything on the 2009 list, plus...
• install tires with lower rolling resistance than the snows that are currently on it year-round