Managed to get a few things in today.
assembled the shocks with 165# springs.

painted the fan housing in preparation for the engine build that still has no completion date. Crank, Rods, case and NOS 1.7 high compression piston set were dropped off at Costa Mesa R&D a week ago for checking and rebuilding and balancing. Not sure when i'll be picking them up.... or their condition for that matter. Case had been align bored once which is all they can take from what i hear.

On assembling the Polybronze setup in the trailing arms i found that the 45degree zirc fittings fouled with the body. That combined with the cheap quality of the ones that were provided (one has already broke) made it obvious that if anyone other than myself was to unhook the shock and let the arm drop a zirc would be snapped off. So i picked up some better quality zirc fittings, the short stubby kind without any bends and installed those. They have a more substantial thread 6mmx1 and when installed, in the locations as the instructions indicated, they do not hit the body or the trailing arm bracket throughout its full movement.

drilled and zip tied the springs and assembled the consoles in the car. Man they look great. Now, as long as the welder doesn't screw them up with the future repairs I should remain happy.

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