Been busy tinkering away on the ol' 5ktq lately. Engine rebuild underway...
Drove out to Ohio and picked up a freshly honed and tanked MC short block:

Cleaned up and freshly ringed pistons. Gotta love factory forged parts:

Dropping the pistons in:

Pistons in:

Box of powdercoated goodness:

Got parts?

New oil switches, thermostat, idler, water pump, etc...

Put the oil pickup, 20vt windage tray, oil gaskets on:

Powdercoated oil pan installed:

20vt metal head gasket:

Head and valve covers on:

That damper pulley's gonna have to be cleaned up a bit.
2 piece ceramic coated exhaust manifold installed:

Powder coated timing belt covers, brackets, polished oil ines, turbo, etc installed:

Powder coated intake manifold on:

3" Downpipe test fit:

Engine side view:

More updates later this week.
Steve