Thanks so much to everyone who helped on this board. It's been a journey. This weekend, I declared this project "substantially complete" with some tuning and loose ends to tie up. I wasn't sure where to post so I posted here.

Just a few pics.

 

 

Time-Lapse Engine/Trans drop in...

 

It's a beautiful thing when it's all shiny and new isn't it.
Congratulations.

 

Definitely a sweet moment when you can turn the key and hit the road! 👍🏻

 

Thanks. A big, unexpected surprise was the unique smell of first run. That first burn-off of whatever oils and greases and cleaners and paint and whatnot on all the new and refinished parts. The last time I had smelled those smells I was 15. It's amazing how things like that can put a person's sense of reality back in time so significantly.

 

[cleetus mcfarland] Hell yeah, brother ! [/cleetus mcfarland]

 

Awesome job! Love the shifter.

 

The swap I'd do, to my red, '89 LB9/AT IROC Z Vert (except the manual trans), if I did not live in cali!

Are you running subframe connectors? I can't wait to hear how it drives! Good job!

 

Thanks, yes, the Spohn side rail weld in ones. Those and the STB made a huge difference.

 

Did they make the car feel more solid, on road bumps/potholes? reduce squeaks / rattles?

 

Yes. All of the above.