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Excellent. Glad you got it fixed! My son wanted a car and the one he wanted was derelict with significant engine troubles. I told him I would help him buy it and fix it, but he was going to do most of the work himself. I wasn't going to fix it for him, but I would help him with it. Of course, there were bumps along the way and things he realistically just did not have the experience to do himself, but in the end it worked out great. He's got a lot of sweat equity in that car and a healthy understanding of the work that he did. He doesn't baby it, but he knows that if he breaks it, he'll be the one turning the wrenches to fix it.

About the wheels on Yahoo Japan, I asked the seller weight of each wheel , but they never replied, I new it . I think the seller did not want to tell they are aluminum replica. The seller would want to have a lot of attention to raise bidding price. Kats

The bolt thread is 10x1.5, not 1.25. ALL M!0 bolts that thread into the engine block and transmissions are 1.50 thread.

It's the angle of the photo. It's not that much negative camber and the camber plates aren't in yet. This is just so I know how long the shock tube length needs to be since it will be welded to the spindle. I plan on -1 to -1.5 up front and -1.75 to -2.5 in the rear.

Well that took some searching, it was actually @240Ziggy that came up with the idea, I just jumped on the bandwagon, here it is,

Great Magnesium scare stories guys. Meanwhile, Nissan's Kobe Seiko 'Rally Mag' and '432 mag' wheels were made from Elektron. If you find yourself in a situation where your wheels are on fire, you're probably half past cooked in any case. If the 60-odd litres of fuel in the tank, whatever oil is left in your engine and the fumes from the plastics of the interior haven't already killed you, you can at least luxuriate in the white hot expense of burning magnesium alloys turning your bones to dust...

I had light weight magnesium alloy seat rails on my first road bike. They failed 60km into a 120km ride. I did the last half standing on the pedals. a reasonable facsimile

I did some research on welding magnesium wheels last night. Evidently they can be tigged but it can be a difficult process and they are prone to stress cracks, that have to be found and repaired. A wheel like the one pictured earlier with out the lip is probably not good for anything but a hose reel like Gav said

Oh boy! You are in for a treat. Torque, Sound, and Superb road feel. You will love it,! After you break it in consider 40mm triple carbs!

Pulled the head last weekend I think that might be our water leak #1. I checked it with a machinist rule and it's out of spec. Took it to the machine shop and he said it looks like someone had been belt sanding on it. So hopefully we will get it back the end of next week. Broke one of the bolts as the thermostat too Painted another one of his doors too

I love having the barrel plater!!! I did these today in one batch. Load em up and let it run for like an hour. I have found when my plate comes out really shiny, I blue dip for a minute or so, maybe less but I have to color dip for as much as 7 minutes to get color. I assume it's because the really shiny zinc is just harder and doesn't take color as well. I have also found when my plate isn't shiny I can turn up the current and the plate will brighten up. I have run as much as .32 per inch.

Very nice. You might need a throttle intake boot or more silicone! The numbers look excellent

I don't know that it will do any harm. There is not cat to overheat and as long as the car doesn't run lean which would make a lot of heat. It will probably be down a little on power. Will be interesting to see what some other guys think...

or drive a straight drive!!! Well done teaching you son some skills!!!!

Great work as usual Jeff! Looking forward to seeing this car done. I wish I could spend the time on mine as well, but spring summer and fall are usually pretty busy for me (military training, summer vacation etc). Winter is my season for production! Luckily (?) for me, we have nine months of winter here....

Your work ethic and persistence to do the right things the right way is inspiring. I've thoroughly enjoy watching this build from the beginning. Keep it up!

That usually doesn't work out for me. I do try though!