You build is looking good man. You need to look at purchasing your own welder for most of the metals work you can use a 130 amp welder with gas to complete pretty much any job on your car
Here is a little up date
I completely removed the EGR passage under the intake and then smoothed it and removed the webbing here are the clean up pic' plus a new alu radiator
Before
After
I am going to add my two cents here Optimas were great batteries the the company move it's production to Mexico and quality control went down hill fast. But this rant is not about the battery it is about a person honoring their word. After I read the buyers story here is my view on the problem.
1. No matter what never buy a battery from a person always buy from a store or battery supplier.(this was you first problem )
2. I you buy a battery from a private seller test it right in front of them. either put it in yours and start it or have a battery tester. ( this way the two of you know it is good.)
3. Last but not least do a search of the persons user name to see if there have been problems with deals before .( I do this quite often)
Just got my cold start injector in and new air boot to MAF in . I am still waiting on my shifter bushings and the new muffler.
so my big basic plan is to get all my parts together and start building .
I acquired a 1978 280z which I plan on building in phases
The first plan get it running correctly and fix the floor pan on the drivers side . the next phase is replace all the bushings on the car and add coil overs . Progress will come as part come in . I have a wild Idea of Megasquirt and ITB"S in it
here are the pic's of how she sits
I forgot to mention it has 6 new injectors and connectors , plus a new fuel pump .
I just ordered shifter bushing , cold start injector and air boot. all for m Ebay for less then 200 :thumbup: