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Great build, You have talent, and figure out how to get things done well. For others that are reading this thread I'm going to give some pointers. I would have shot some epoxy primer on the bare metal before shooting the undercoating. To ease the process of installing the axle bearings, put the axles in a freezer if you have one, and heat the bearings in the oven to expand them, and they will slip on a lot easier. If you are planing to paint your self, there is an exellent article in the new Hot Rod magazine on how to do show quality paint, I learned a few things from it that I hadn't run across before. I hope that some day after I finish some of my projects, I can score a 510 for an affordable price, and build one as nice as yours is turning out. Keep up the great posts. :cool:

Bob and Tommy, I don't know if it's in Tommy's budget, but there is a guy on ebay selling fiberglass and carbon fiber parts for 510s and miatas, that makes a real sweet looking carbon fiber console for the miata that looks like it would be perfect for the MX510. Keep the pics comming, I'm really enjoying seeing this project come together. I wish I would have had a father like Bob when I was growing up, Bob adopt me!!! :hyper::poke: P.S. The guy that questioned the Mazda engine should have watched the smokin' video before making comments about being underpowered! :D

Now that is what I call a healthy girl, if they are real! :D

Maybe this will help, my 79 had an alternator with built in regulator, I swapped one from a 280ZX for the higher output. If you get a wiring diagram for a US spec 79 620, it should show how to make it work the way you want to. I would kill for your new carb setup!!! :P

I would kill for this car, and the aussie grill is to die for! :P

They are not BRE wheels, they were made by American Racing and are called libres. Some one is making reproduction copies I think. :cool:

Why can't I find the "Post Ass" thread? :(

Hey Sling, you never mentioned what the throttle bodies came off of? I'm curious even if no one else is, this is way too cool, not to know all the details. I can hardly wait to see what it looks like when it's all together. :cool:

Let me know when you get all the bugs out, and I'll fly out just to take a ride. :w00t::rofl::rolleyes:

Larry, You lucky dog! I just found this thread, better shape than mine was, and $100 less, but no new posts or pics? :unsure:

MX520: World's first drift truck! You guys have way too much fun. :hyper:

Mike, You are a dirty old man, I like that in a friend! :D :rofl:

Are the swap ones for a wagon, or car? If they are for a car, I would like to buy the bullet one, if you want to sell? Thanks, Jim. :cool:

A Very Merry Christmas to all Ratsuners. :D

Thanks, since I didn't get my engine out of a donor car, I had no Idea how it was supposed to be routed. :cool: Merry Christmas to You and Family!

Sorry, I don't mean to be a pain in the a**, but how about some detail pics of the cable routing, and throttle body, as you know I have the same swap ahead, and need all the info form you " the guinea pig" that I can get.:D

I meant the ones you picked up at a swap meet. There was a pic posted, and they looked like regular 64 car lenses. I have the ones with the backup lights, need the bullet style for mine. :D

Good for you Mike, That's a sign from the Hot Rod Gods to keep the Fairlane, and finish it! What are you going to do with those non wagon tail light lenses? I might take them off your hands, if you want to sell them.

:cool:Bob, That looks so cool, How did you do that?

Bigger gauge means more wire strands for the electrons to travel on the outside of, unless you are using cheap wire that doesn't increase the amount of strands with the gauge, The more strands, the easier the path for the current flow, also both cables need to be large, as the flow is all the way back to the battery, so either one can be a bottle neck. :D

Lookin' good, but battery cables should be at least 2 gauge when that long. You don't need that long of neg. cable, just run to frame then another short one from frame to engine block. Also run a ground strap from engine to firewall, and you shouldn't have any electrical problems. I always use 2 gauge cables no mater what the length, don't want any voltage drop due to too small of cable, the 620 electrical system is over taxed as it is, I have a 280ZX alternator on mine, and all LED bulbs, except the headlights, which are HID, and that helps, but eventually I want to replace the whole wiring harness with a better quality universal one from someone like Painless, or American auto wire. All my stock 620s when running at night with lights and heater on, when you turn on the wipers, you could hear the heater motor slow down due to not enough power, so the stock system isn't the best. Keep up the good work! :cool:

Larry, Saw your new items on ebay, cool! Where did you get the rotors, and what do they fit? Thanks, Jim. :cool:

Looks killer, If I didn't know better I'd say it wasn't the same truck! How about some engine photos? I hope you got that finished up too.

I'm in! :thumbup: