I’ll do a thorough post this weekend when I have time, including pictures and links and things. This short story is that this is not plug and play. It requires a lot pokeryjiggery in the engine.

[Update: I did not in fact get my sh*t together and write anything up. I realized I don’t know what some of the bits and pieces are called, so I asked the vegrev guys to drop me an e-mail with some details. In the meantime, enjoy a flickr slideshow that shows the modifications.]

I picked it up in Oakland last night and got to watch the last stages of my mechanic checking all the new gas lines and whatnot. We did a maiden voyage up 24 in Oakland to make sure nothing was going to explode, and I learned how to use the little onboard computer that makes it all work, then I took it home across the Bay Bridge without a hitch.

It’s pretty experimental—particularly on a car this new with lots of computerized bits and high tech fuel injection and whatnot. While asking around hobby forums, I had lots of people telling me this:

And time will tell. But for now, I am feeling this: