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Shiro's are actually pretty rare cars. They are also unusual in they have the viscous limited slip rear differential. However if you buy a Shiro rear end be sure and get the half shafts as they are unique to this car...

Do you buy good gasoline? Could there be water in the tank? Do you buy fuel at a busy gas station? The busier the station the more they change their inventory and the less water they will have in their fuel...

Where in Simpsonville? If you need help or parts I'm in Spartanburg...

It is probably not unless someone swapped it. If you jack the rear of the car up and turn one wheel, if the other rear wheel turns in the same direction = LSD if it turns in the opposite direction = open diff

That's an interesting picture because the tracks go under the car not up to the back of the large tire. So I assume the large white wall was set there to stage the picture...It looks like "Eddie Munsters" first car

My homemade rotisserie is about 15' long, with about 16" at the rear of the car and 12" at the front. I wouldn't think most wouldn't be a ton longer than this 16-17' max

Congratulations! Stay in touch...

Yes, probably. As I get older I don't heal as well or as fast so I have become more cautious with these sort of things

Buy it from the vendor where you found that picture. He is an active member here...

You are better off selling for cash then buying the right car for your motor. You might want to post some pictures of the actual car...

I was cutting a panel 2 or 3 years ago while squatted down beside the car with a 4" grinder with a 1/16th disc. It kicked back and hit me at the end of the quad. Split it right open about 2" long. Still have a nice scar complete with black coloration...

Zed I use Thunderbird for email and Firefox with an adblocker for browsing. Just recently had to add the ad blocker because the websites have gotten so ad heavy and video heavy it was really slowing my machine down

How "undamaged"? I probably have one but many of them have marks from being used with floor jacks...

Careful with those grinder blades! I found out the hard way they will cut the stuffing out of you....

Ouch!

Glad you are still working at it. Keep us in the loop...

Grannyknot is right there are factory seams there that join the quarter panel to the roof. You need to be careful working on this joint because you can give yourself lead poisoning if you grind on these. I have had cars that cracked here too. I believe they were driven very enthusiastically and that may contribute to the problem. The lead flexes better than thick body filler. So if the during the repaint they filled these full of Bondo that could contribute to the cracking. Being in California your rust won't spread as fast as in other parts of the country. I would definitely treat the rust spots to prevent spreading. I would also be careful of making the car a garage project. IT can be very hard to stay motivated to finish a car once it comes off the road...If you rework the roof seams, remember, body filler isn't waterproof, good primer is, not rattle can stuff...

Zcar depot has a good reputation but I have no experience with this damper. It may be overkill unless you plan on making lots of RPM's which gets hard to do with a stroker build @Diseazd Maybe another build thread, I would love to see how you go about your build. A stroker build is on my "bucket list"

A fuel pressure gauge on the fuel rail would help your diagnosis. That way you can watch fuel pressure in real time and compare it to the symptoms. Also if the fuel pump is a later model aftermarket pump and not regulated it could be overpressuring the system resulting richness and plug fowling

Free is good, just a little far...

What kind of fuel can you get in Germany? Part of the issue in the US is not all fuels are available in all areas of the country. Conedoger is correct the cam can mitigate the static compression number. Be sure you get the crank checked really well. They need to good and straight. Also I would balance the whole assembly, including the flywheel you plan on using. Don't put an old damper on this new engine, either get one remanned or buy a better one. Also get all your rods and crank magnafluxed for cracks. I would shot peen them too if you have anyone that can do that for you...

What kind of hammer is that? I haven't seen one like that before...

Grannyknot That is a fascinating picture. I've never seen that. I wonder if the passenger in the back gets asphyxiated with the exhaust fumes?

I would think if he was really serious about selling and didn't want his time wasted, he would post more pictures!

That's a sharp looking engine!