Went through the whole thread and don't know how I missed it. All I can say is your doing an outstanding and beautiful job! I really love the orange and white stripes as well.
Thanks guys im glad you like it, the pictures dont do the orange justice in the sun..it's very bright lol.
Thunder, i took the motor apart already and after inspection im going to do a full rebuild..nothing was broken or out of ordinary worn out other than the timing chain which was ready to jump off the timing gears lol.
the cylinders have a moderate ridge on them which tells me i may have to bore it and get some pistons but on the other hand i may get away with a hone..tough call till i get the piston skirts measured..
I already grinded all the casting slag in the intake runners and bowls of the cylinder heads so there is nothing that will cause any turbulance in air flow..keep in mind im not going to make a crazy race motor just a hot street motor..enough to compliment the 4-speed and 3.23 gears.
One good thing is the crank wont need to be ground it's mint just needs a polish..always nice to use standard size bearings..keep you posted.