This past weekend we took the motor off the engine stand and finally dropped it back into the car. This was a big milestone for us! O:) This project has really come a long way in the five months that my son has owned it.
The only hitch was my fault I had bolted-in the passenger-side motor mount upside down, which my son noticed as we were lowering it into the engine bay. Easy enough to flip over, and then the motor went in pretty easily.
Bolting on the intake and exhaust revealed one more spot where theres a minor interference with getting a socket or wrench on one of the lower exhaust manifold nuts.
Also, given the hood clearance issues we now have (the adaptor plate between the intake and TBI body eat up an inch), we quickly learned that the 3.5" tall K&N filter element we had ordered previously was WAY too tall; we ended up getting the shortest one they make (1.75" tall), and it just barely fits.