Alot of new updates!

Alot of new updates, busy couple of days.  Got the rest of the front suspension on (minus the brakes).  It's amazing how much 4 wheels makes it start to look like a car!

So after I got the car to that point, I turned my attention back to engine.  Lifted it up off of the engine stand using hoist, replaced final two freeze plugs in back of engine and attached flexplate, starter, and transmission.

A little tricky getting the torque converter pushed all the way in, getting both lined up and then bolting torque converter to the flexplate, but its all done!

After that it was time to lift it up and get the car close to position to start to plan where this engine is actually going to go.

At this point I knew I needed to have it fairly close to the radiator (for the fan, etc.) however I wanted it back as much as possible for stability and better drive-ability.   I took some measurements off of the body mount holes and the body and made a mock firewall out of 2X4's (the bottom 2X4 is where the firewall takes a diagonal towards the back).  I also ran an 1.5" pvc pipe from transmission to diff to simulate driveshaft.  Fits pretty well, i'm also trying to figure out engine height and transmission height.  I lastly put the steering rack in so I can make sure I think I have enough room to get around the engine with my steering shaft.

Spoke with Bob tonight, and he recommended that before I finalize the engine location, I figure out my steering column location and headers location and make sure its all happy with where I currently have it.  A torpedo level on the engine lifting plate has it perfectly level (which I guess will put the engine at the correct pitch).  I checked my pinion angle and it is sitting right around 2.5 degrees so I think that will be good.  More to come!