Upgraded to a 5/8 oil pickup tube and came to find out it now wanted to fight the oil pan. Had to clearance the oil pan for them to play nice. More to come…
I’m happy to share some more pictures of the progress. We set the short block into the frame a few weeks ago. Bolted the flex plate on. Installed my eBay converter into the trans and mated to the engine. Installed the driveshaft. Have park to keep it in place now haha. Then we put the heads on. I’m told stamping are very important to some people, there were at least 3 different stampings on various head bolts. Original stickers but repainted valve covers. Waiting on pushrods now so we can put valvetrain back together and seal up the engine.
