So im back

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I was a day from sending the vert to craigslist but i found an engine and trans for a great price. So im back, and i forgot my old username but hopefully ill have some pics up over the next few days

[-RJ-]

Oh you were gone? haha jk

[ToplessVert]

Honestly finding an engien and trans in southern indiana was a pain. I went to junkyards weekly and allt he new 240's that came in were picked clean in a few days. I just searched craigslist by chance and found a guy thats doign an LS1 swap and was sellign them cheap. I can now get rid of the slushbox and do some upgrades while the engine is on the stand

[ToplessVert]

Plans...
emissions/butterflys gone out of the intake
port & polished, valve job, and bowl blended the head
forged internals for a turbo build later
upgrade the brakes and go 5lug
weld spare diff
paint

[ToplessVert]

So heres the engine, and yes the green will go im thinking of a white/red wrinkle valve cover would look nice.



And heres what the vert looked like, kinda faded now but im going to go white with a smoked clear coat.

[-RJ-]

That looks like a vert down here but reversed colors lol

[ToplessVert]

The guy i got it from spraybombed it flat black, and even painted the wing an ugly orange. i painted up a piece of metal white and used spraycan tint for model cars and liked the way it looked so thats the direction i plan on going. I hope to start wrenching ont he engien this weekend but i have to get a pos Linclon out of the garage first.