The datalogging was an attempt to track down the fault that was causing the terrible stumbling and misfiring you can see/hear in the WOT video. They'd gone away, though, because I'd tightened the alternator cable, which seems to have fixed everything for the moment.
What yesterday mostly consisted of was getting an inventory of what we have, and how things are currently set up. We didn't get to the suspension or electrical yet (both of which seem... Pretty bad) but we did cover the safety checklist:
Most everything that needs to be taken care of on that list is an easy fix and is typical day-of-race stuff(except the seat, which will be interesting in several ways). The only truly worrying thing is that when I smacked the killswitch at the end of the WOT test video, the engine kept on running until I backed off the gas. The spec sheet only requires that the switch be tested at 3000RPM, but I intend to make it die at any revs. I didn't look at how it's wired currently, so I can't comment on why it acted as it did just yet.
Additionally, we have the following to-do list:
1) Brake fluid flush. It's black.
2) Cooling system overhaul and possible engine repair/replace (the engine has been run quite hot several times due to damage to the cooling fan). The current radiator fan is massively undersized and isn't properly held in place or shrouded.
3) Transmission swap. The car came with a spare, which needs to go in. The original will then be refurbished as a spare.
4) Three words: "Crown Victoria Superleggera"
5) Electrical refresh. Every wire I have looked at so far has some sort of splice or modification to it. Everything nonessential needs to go, and everything essential needs to be looked at.
This is the complete list of spares that we found in the car:
4 Spare wheels with various tires of dubious quality for racing but that look good for the street
1 Spare 4R70W transmission w/ torque converter, supposedly good
1 spare fuel rail w/ 4 injectors
A small pile of EGR related parts (WTF?)
A very large pile of brake pads worn in numerous interesting and massively incorrect ways
1 complete set of Wagner Severe Duty pads for this car, apparently unused
1 Haynes manual
1 caliper of unknown quality that's either a rear caliper for this car, or completely unrelated and random
Several million brown and rotting leaves.
1 Spare airbox w/ MAF and hole where the intake duct was sawzalled off (this hole matches the sawzalling in the airbox in the car)
1 Spare radiator of unknown provenance. Need to test it.
It is INCREDIBLY citrusy, and perhaps rather chumplike as well.