Technology is just a fancy way, of getting in trouble Options

[airsix]

Ha ha. You'll all laugh at this one. the other night I had to run an errand at around 10:00pm. For the past several days the evenings have been very cool (low '70's) in contrast to the 107F days we were having a week ago. So, along with the cool air I notice I need to do some temp-compensation tuning on the PEFI. So I grab the laptop, hop in the 914 and run my errand. On the way home after the car is up to temp I start adjusting the temp-compesation because it's running a little lean. Oops, bumble-fingers hits wrong keys in the dark. I overshot the mark and it's WAY rich. Note that like an idiot this is all happening while I drive alone at night. Now there's traffic and I can't see the keyboard in the dark so I limp down the road looking for a turn-off. Have to drive at least 1/2 mile before I can stop. I get stopped and the car is running like total crap. Fix the tuning map but it's too late. Plugs are fouled. Engine will barely run on two cyls. No tools. Limp home sputtering, bucking, and popping. Would be surprised if I had 10hp. Almost made it up to 30mph. Next day I clean plugs, restore tuning map (in driveway before sundown) and engine rips like new again. Lesson learned (I hope).
-Ben M.