so then after that i started to work on cleaning up the 402 i'm dropping in this thing. got one side done, then moved to the other side. I was wearing my safety glasses the whole time, but what i failed to realize is that the second side was still pretty moist with oil and grease. This is the result of that "failure to notice"
but, in the end, i ended up with this for a nice clean engine:
and then in primer:
and then in paint. (i just leave the camera on auto, but it's chevy orange)