God eye! The last 50-something factory made 702P's in the last year, 1984, had the pitot moved to the side of the nose. Where, in all honesty, it should have been all the time. Sure, it ran in less disturbed air up there, but you could never cover it, so water and other stuff could always get in. There have been some golf ball retriever solutions to get up there, but all of them rather cumbersome.
The engine data monitors are rather expensive. Either the JPI or the Auracle cost a good bit over $10K, so it's pretty low down on the list. First mod will prob be the electric door seal as it's relatively cheap and saves the air pumps, then after that either intercoolers or aux fuel tank. Those are the three big ones I'd like to have. Down the line it be nice with the beefier brakes and stuff like that, but I'm in no hurry. I'm basically broke now and will be for a long time!
