Holy crap it's been forever since I wrote on here...so, I feel I owe a little recap of what's been going on and what's not been going on
As I said above, in July 13 I moved to Hawaii for 2.5 years...basically nothing happened to forward the project as I thought could've...yeah...such is life
Fast forward a couple years and my position evaporated there, a year and a half short of expected, so I moved to Ellsworth AFB, SD. One day I received a message from my friend...he asked a big favor of me...he was in a bind and needed a shortblock for a turbo car, and mine was the only one readily accessible and not in use. So I relinquished my long block to him in trade for parts from a failed engine from another guy that would need some work. He found another block and rods and swapped my ARP hardware onto it then moved it into my storage unit. Also during this time, I decided to forego the turbo setup and go back NA...so I also got a good T45 basically for free.
Then I retired and moved back to Texas. The car and all my stuff remained in storage for another 6 months or so after I got back until I got my shop put up and I started getting some parts again...Mahle pistons, set of used comp 270s, all the bits and pieces I needed. I bought a set of used FR500s, had it all machined and I'm now back to where I started before I PCSd, except...
After getting my shop put up, I decided to gut the car and fix some stuff I'd been wanting to fix for years, like rust in the roof, fill in the bonnie and clyde holes in the engine bay, cracks in the floor, wiring harness, etc...
So currently, the car is blown apart, it has a "new" roof from an 88, new fender aprons, lots of welded up holes and cracks, probably in queue to get through floor subs, and an assembled long block...
I still need to get a ton of parts...flywheel, clutch, swap in my 4.10s, upgrade to cobra brakes, waiting on stuff from MM (on backorder), finish my engine harness, same with chassis harness, get new carpet, seats reupholstered...the list is about a mile long...