chrisindub

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It's not that bad to start with....... Good luck and thanks for making a thread out of your restoration.

sc400ka

yeah i get a whole day to work on it! so i should be further along today then i was all week trying to break bolts loose.

chrisindub

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breaking bolts loose, hahahahahahahaha......................totally, the hardest ones are on the suspension.

sc400ka

i think that's an understatement of the year. not only is the drive shaft being a big ***** the rear subframe bolts dont want to budge unless I add heat. so under car with torch and a welding sleeves and it being 40 outside doesn't help ether!

1JZPWRD

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Yeah working on a car outside just isnt a good idea. I hate it.. Sometimes thats all you have to deal with. Hang in there!!

97-SC300

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I really agree with you.

sc400ka

yeah if im going to be sliding the car next year. i think im going to weld every damn seam on this car shut! tired of rust this will be fun!

chrisindub

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You can try alternating heat with sprays of dust off to cool it rapidly, but it can break your bolts. You probably have already done this.

UZinator

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I think that no matter how cheap you got the car -you should have started with a different one due to the rust and since you intend to race it. If the rust was only cosmetic -that probably would be fine but it looks like there is a lot of structural rust. I have a parts car that would have been cheaper than what you will be investing to fix all of the structural. And I am sure there are other cars out there with less rust.

Sorry to be a downer -but I am just not a fan of serious rust. I once lost a Porsche 914 race car prior to the build when I discovered structural rust from the inside out on the subframe. I scrapped it due to the intensity of rust repair that would have been required. On a car rusted like that -you just keep on finding more and more rust that requires fixing and it will eventually drive you penny-less.

sc400ka

well i do know how to weld so that helps. however i understand where your coming from. the rust is only on the rear subframe, and rockers from what i have seen. so im going to get it up and running and see how it goes. however there is a rust free sc400 with a cage i been looking at to replace the car if it is too bad.

yes, chrisindub i been doing so however i been letting it cool down more and more so i dont snap off a bolt.

sc400ka

THE MOMENT WE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR IT RUNS, IT DRIVES, & IT DOESN'T SLIDE YET. well you got to start somewhere ezz!!!!. more pics to come of the progerss. thanks for the love with the views most views a build thread has ever had!!

1JZPWRD

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Awesome man. Glad it worked out for you.. We all knew it would...

chrisindub

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Nice bro....

sc400ka

hoping to have all pics uploaded after the hoilday! also got a date with insection and temp tag until the new year chimes in. so i can get an extra year on my taxes! *shucks*

sc400ka

anyone know if a 2jz-ge header off a supra will work on our cars? i got a bid on a black powed coated one on ebay, and kind of want to know before the sale ends in 3 days.

thanks for the help.