Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread

I'm still here, just lurking in the background. Not much happened over the winter as I've concentrated more on the shop than the car. Spent November building a floor with two trap doors up in the attic, then organized the three cars worth of parts I had stuffed in the rafters and piled up on the shop floor back upstairs. After that I insulated the celing. What a miserable job that was. Then I replaced the 30 or so overhead lights, half of which were burned out, with the brightest LED's I could find. Man what a difference having bright light to work by and all the crap off the floor and out of the way. Also spent time researching heating alternatives and cost.
BUT... It's not like I haven't touched the car at all the last 6 months. Finished up some incomplete wiring in the engine bay. Planned out the connections and routing for the fuel injection wiring once the motor is in place. Replaced the hard lines for the front brakes with the kit given me by W2stroker ( thanks again Marty) but unfortunately the master cylinder lines were not for power brakes so I ordered up a set through Dr Diff. Cleaned up the rear frame rails and battery mount area and painted them chassis black.
Pics 1 & 2: Took the motor off the stand, set it on the skate I built, then assembled the clutch, bell housing, transmission and hydraulic clutch goodness.
Pic 3: Ready to slide under the car.
Pic 4: Now, in order for that to happen, the front of the car has to be raised up for clearance. Most who have installed a motor this way lift utilizing the front bumper mounting points but I still have the whole front end/bumper/chin spoiler mocked together and I don't want to disturb it until I get it all finalized, but, I need to get that motor installed to move ahead on a hundred other items that need to get done. I mean to attempt this a little differently by lifting , very carefully, by the upper shock mounts. I whipped up this spreader bar set up to work with the engine hoist. Being basicly a body shell still I don't anticipate there being enough stress to cause any damage doing it this way. We shall see.
Pic 5: I spent a whole bunch of time on my back with a tape measure and a pair of 15x10 steel rims experimenting with spacers to get the backspacing and clearances right where I want them for the new rim order. Yes I have, after literally years of dithering, finally settled on my rims. In my defense I knew I'd need a custom built rim from the moment I realized 15 inch performance tires were esentially non existent. Until I had some reliable measurements it was pretty darn hard to narrow down candidates as that shallow backspace requirement was a deal breaker on many of my favorites. And the front rim specs muddied the waters even more.
Pic 6: These showed up two days ago. So what did I pick to wrap these puppies around?
Pic 7: American Racing Custom Shop VN 405 Torque Thrust 2s with gloss black centers. Sorry for the fuzzy ad photo.