Got the new sled tins in from Chircoestore.com today. Props to Joe at Chrico! I ordered these off of Ebay on morning and later that night, I realized that I had ordered chrome tins instead of black. Dropped Joe an email and explained what happened and he replaced them before they were shipped out. Exactly…

I guess it’s safe to say that the engine is about 99.9% complete now. I need to finish the carb rebuild, add the sled tins and hose from the breather to the oil filler and that’ll be that. Three and a half months of cold weekend nights in the garage, watching Breaking Bad (for the…

Had some time this evening to start making new wires for the engine compartment. A much lesser task that it’s going to be when I have to replace the wiring harness, but at least it’s a start. Also got the oil cooler tins that I ordered from JBugs in the mail today. They’ll be installed…

Just looking back at some pics, the pics on top is my engine in it’s current state, the pics on the bottom were taken on 11/07/2014 just before I removed it from the car. Lots and lots of elbow grease and tlc makes a big difference.

Realized after I mounted my coil last night that I didn’t take into consideration the clearance needed for the stock air cleaner. Luckily. there’s no issue. But it does have me wondering if I should stick with the stock air cleaner or go for an aftermarket air cleaner. UPDATE: I went ahead and ordered a EMPI…