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Will that keep it from oxidizing? How often do you have to reapply it?

Maybe at some point. Way down the list though...just getting educated.

Still looks good though. Are you going to protect it with something?

So you have some spare voltage. I have a 210 amp welder. I wasn't sure your welds were penetrating as much as they could. I would have probably turned it up a bit but I don't think you will have an issue. Most of the load on the strust is compression. I like to be sure my welds burn in a little more around the edges. If you look at the welds in "Careless's"?? thread his puddles lay down a little more. He is TIGing I believe but the same principle. When I see them sort of bead up like water on oil I add some heat.

I watched a guy buff a windshield with Meguiars "Mirror glaze" it worked pretty good. He had a large rotary buffing machine. As I get older the other window crank gets further and further away. Same with the heated seats. My bad back likes the heat even when I drive to Texas and the AcCis on in the car. Occupational hazard I guess...

Jim, Thanks for that. I was wondering about the exactness of these sets and how to source them.

oil quench or water?

Depends which side of the 4 footer you are on...

What welder were you using?

Matt, What welder are you using? Did you build the exhaust yourself or did someone else weld it up?

I wouldn't try to remove the sludge, but that's me. If you dislodge some of it could cause issues.

Doesn't the intake have to be open somehow? On carbureted carbs I believe you hold the throttle open so the butterflies don't restrict the intake of air.

Work is highly overrated but I do like to eat

Very pretty car R200, cv axles, tower braces. Very nicely done but that is a lot of money for a Z car. My dizeaze my eventually pay for itself or at least break even...

My brother is in Charlotte and I am only an hour or so away. If you need something let me know, I have lot of parts and pieces

Where in the Carolinas?

I still love the red, don't care how many blocks end up that color. A wire wheel probably rated for 6000 rpm on a 10,000 rpm grinder will do that to you. As long as no one lost an eye its all good. I have the same wide band and it seems to work pretty good, except I need a new o2 sensor

Relay upgrades for headlights and parking lights. Brakes 100% good then suspension and struts. Coil overs are fine if you need the clearance but plenty of guys just run good struts and Eibachs. Then engine cooling but you probably already got that covered. Then interior comfort, AC, stereo, power windows maybe, seats, seat heaters????

Thanks

Sounds good. Looking forward to pics

Looks good. Like the mods on the rails

SWMBO Had to look that up, that's funny.... ::

You know in the end the automatics may end up being more marketable and possibly valuable than the stick cars. These days fewer and fewer people can drive a straight drive. Even the truckers are starting to get automatic rigs. Another 15 years and there will be many fewer manuals on the road, at least in the US. The future investor is gonna want a car that they feel comfortable driving.

Where did you source your jet drills?

How would straighten it? Shave it flat or some other method?