Once the engine was bolted into the frame I started on some other items, new brake lines were the biggest thing. I am using the copper/nickel tubing for all new lines, so far the stuff seems legit, I won't really have any good info available until I get to road test it. The stuff bends nice, flares nice, and is overall very easy to work. New fittings going in everywhere, new calipers up front, waiting to get new cylinders in the rear.
Got started up front as well, mounted all the cooling system, new WP, old fan clutch, new hoses, new radiator, the works. I had to do some hack work to get the Gano filter in the upper hose, wound up cutting a hose from Napa into a couple pieces.
The intake and exhaust manifolds were a project by themselves, they just needed some cleaning for the most part. Once I separated them I found the heat shield in between them was cracked, a little mud searching lead me to the Spector stainless steel plate, it required a little trimming of the flap on the exhaust manifold. Nothing some power tools can't fix. While my wife was out of town last weekend I washed the intake in thw dishwasher, and baked some exhaust manifold paint in the oven, by the next morning there was no evidence! Last night I had a chance to bolt everything back in place, new OEM gasket and some copper spray, cinched all the bolts per spec and moved along.....
