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I took some parts out to the machine shop today and went over a bunch of stuff that we had talked about a long time ago. Things like what were going to do to the Edelbrock heads, etc. I asked if my rotating assembly got balanced this week, Doc said no, but it's all mocked up and he made sure that he had the Mallory metal in stock for it. I also dropped off an envelope with a substantial amount of cash in it to sweeten the deal and hopefully get them a little more motivated.

I have a guy coming by tomorrow to weld in the core support stiffener, so I took it all back apart and coated the areas that are going together with weld thru primer. I figured with two pieces of raw steel being welded together, there would be no way to inhibit rust once the welding was done. I was very careful to only prime where the two pieces would be up against each other as it was explained to me that any exposed primer would have to be removed because regular primer or putty won't adhere to it. I bought the 3M weld thru primer at an automotive paint supply store and it was $25 for a rattle can!!!