YAHOO! Block Left Today!
When the assembled engine arrives back at my shop, the guys told me we could have everything back in the car, running, and tuned with HPTuners in a weekend. Then it's just a matter of scheduling some dyno time, and the 400 mile bedding-in period for the clutch. I went ahead and ordered an aftermarket harmonic balancer...what the hell, no sense in cheaping-out now.
I've been so psyched about this project, I've actually had dreams that the car was done, and I was driving it like a maniac.
My ONLY worry is how the Kooks/ORY/Magnaflow cat-back is going to sound. Okay, it's NOT my only worry...grenading the 10-bolt rear-end enters my mind every once-in-a-while.
BOOYAH!!!!!!

