There was a bunch of plastic casting flash and other random things on it. I just sanded them off with a die grinder with a roloc disc and did some final smoothing on those spots with some plastic filler. Valve covers, and intake are painted with Cerakote.
Smoothing the intake and making things color match go a long way with knocking the ugly off. I always do my best to hide wires and hoses. When they can’t be hidden, I try to run them in a neat manner. But to answer your question, yes it does look good. It looks huge in there. Can see the ground...
I got the headers, clutch, bellhousing, and starter on since this picture. Still lots more to go. I'm going to get a buddy to help with the trans. That thing is heavy! My worn out shoulders don't care for awkward overhead lifting anymore.
I have to say the HDK sure made things easy to go in. I originally had the engine mounts set to have the engine all the way back. This proved to make things very tight on the firewall and also made the head contact my already shortened steering column shaft. I decided to pull the engine full...
Funny how the easiest tasks always make the largest visual impacts. It's the small things that take forever and go unseen. I got the frame rail sprayed and figured I'd shoot some cerakote too. I may have mentioned I was able to find the same size radiator with inlet/outlet on the same side made...
Not much to update that is picture worthy. I did get the wife to come out to the garage to help me ring out my engine harness. Happy to report I didn't screw it up!
I did get the frame rail primed and sanded a few times. It's masked and ready to paint. Hoping to get this done at some point this...
You and me both. That's likely one of the biggest things I'm anxious to learn. I know what it use to MPH in the quarter mile from previous years at Moparty. I'm going again this year, so I'll know right away how the 5.7 compares. I think the weight difference is insignificant, but I'll run it...
Does the ECM not control the fuel pump? Seems like it should. You wouldn't want your pump constantly running while you have the key on and the engine not running.
Z-bar modification is done! I typically save small projects to do during the weeknights. All in this likely took just over an hour. I think I'm going to cut that whole corner off the bell housing. Things are just too close right there for me and I don't see any reason for it to be there...