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stage 7. door jams, hatch area, and underhood are painted red and clearcoated. underhood is prepped. i didn't ever catch it in the primered stage. the paint booth was big enough to fit 18-wheelers, so i asked if i could hang out in the corner and watch one of the stages of paint. very cool. after the red, before the clearcoat. still wet. i snapped a short video of him in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3rpjt4kqY4 and this is where...

While I was tying up some of the minute details, I picked up a set of spinner center caps and a Kaminari air dam. I bought the air dam from mad kaw and the spinners from AKH Wheels. I also decided to paint the center stripe down the hood and top of car to see how it would look prior to finalizing the body and paint. I also installed a pair of early 1990s Mazda Miata seats I painted the spinners, air dam and center stripe all the same color:...

Moving onto the block,EVERYTHING was mint,barely a mark on the cylinder walls. Or the crank/bearings,they were spot less. Being the old l24 with an e31 head I did get abit lucky. The pistons had alot of stuff in them to,but cleaned up and looked like new,basicly all the rings were seized so they were pulled out,grooves cleaned,new rings in and staggered. Everything is just about together and all painted now. And so far I have a whole $270 into...

Took the engine and front suspension out of the ra, same way as with the Z but with a crane to lift the front :P Much easier! **Note the water on the floor, had to wash out the coolant that came out of the radiator that had no drain plug and was sikaflexed together!?! Also mounted up the fender mirrors to gauge what they look like. Going to take a bit of getting used to but I really like them! Still have to figure out how to get the mirror...

Starting to look really nice! Tony rocking out! Inside shot needs little porting Thats it for this round. I dont think that I can do much in next two weeks given that I have two cars to put together for guys at work but I hope that something can get done : ).

canfield 195 heads *2.055 intake/1.60 exhaust valves *65 cc combustion chambers *200cc intake runners comp cams 12-770-8 extreme energy mechanical roller: *RPM Range: 2,200-6,200 *Int. Dur. @ .050 inch Lift: 236 *Exh. Dur. @ .050 inch Lift: 242 *Adv. Int. Dur.: 274 *Adv. Exh. Dur.: 280 *Valve Lift with Factory Rocker Arm Ratio: 0.564 int./0.570 exh. lift *LSA: 110 degrees comp cams roller lifters, high-tech pushrods, springs, retainers arp...

Update: Went home this weekend and finished up the rotisserie. Putting the car on was a bit of a trick but we got it with 3 guys. Wouldn't want to do it alone. Amazingly the car didn't fall on the ground. Success fells good. I ran out of time to take good phots but i did snap some on my cell.

Hey guys. Got some good news and some bad news. Good news is that I got that damn body kit off save the bumper. Looks ten times better! I'll get some pictures up soon. Been busy over here with midterms and such. Bad news is that the Z is running horrible. Its been stuttering since I bought it and I thought it might improve once I started driving it since it hadn't been driven much the past year and a half. Scratch that theory! The...

I'm finally doing some little things to make the car more comfortable and easier to live with. I have an old panasonic head unit that came out before every head unit had an "Ipod" input standard. It just has the two RCA cables coming out of the back for an auxilary input. I've been using a wire that converts the two RCA cables into a 3.5mm jack. The wire just came up through the back of the shifter hole. It was...

Carbon fiber Sparrow tail from Zcar customs. Mocked up on the Scarab (doesn't belong to the Scarab) Another angle of the Sparrow tail, overall fit is VERY GOOD!!! Looks a little large in this pic but it's flatter than it appears, remember we're just holding it in place. Gnose and Sparrow tail avaliable from Z Car Custom's-JDM www.zccjdm.com P.O. Box #213 Terrabonne, OR. 97760 PH. 541-913-6530 azcarbum@msn.com