Project Valvo - A Tale of Domestic Ambition

Well I realized after posting this that I am indeed a noob here and you all are likely already conviced I am a nutjob for wanting to spend time and money on this project. Well, you are halfway right, I am not a "Me too" car enthusiast, therefore I refuse to be the guy pulling up at a light next to a car that looks just like mine. I rarely use a catalog to buy parts for my projects, rather, I go to the junkyard and recycle as many parts as I can. This keeps me thinking outside the box and keeps me awake at night thinking of how to make it work.

I currently daily drive a 1981 Volvo 242 with a swapped in 302/T5. I did not intend on daily driving this car, but I sold my other car to buy the Valiant and the Valiant just isn't ready yet. A sbf or sbc swap in a Volvo is nothing new, in fact, they were very common in the past couple of decades due to shops like JTR Industries and Converse Engineering, neither of which I used to complete my swap. I tried to make motor mounts the conventional way but ended up realizing how stupid and big they were so I used the ends of some old Volvo 240 torque rods to make my mounts from. I mean, they were free and you can buy poly bushings for them so why not?
Well before that swap, I put a 4.3 Chevy in a Datsun B210GX. While fun, it was practically undriveable due to the weight distribution so I took it out and dropped in a Nissan KA245DE instead. Both were naturally aspirated as I am not a huge fan of turbos despite my home forum being Turbobricks.
I plan to get the Valiant on the road within the next month and start driving it while I repair the engine and sort through the extra wires that I need to eliminate. Right now the dash is out so I can add in an hvac box out of a '69, paint the dash and possibly repair the floor. I am ready to get the horrible blue seats out of there and swap the carpet over to brown which means I need to order a patch pan from Rockauto and get on it.
I'll post progress as I go, I can't wait to daily this car.... Thanks for having me here!