Thanks guys for the kind words about my project. It is a very cool and fulfilling feeling to see a project like this come along. I can't wait until the new engine is in there. But, when the old one comes out, I'm going to take the opportunity to get in the engine bay and do some necessary work in there...mostly rust prevention and painting. I'm going to paint the engine bay blue instead of black. I hope it will turn out well. There is so much oil and grease under there from the old engine leaking oil, that it will probably take me a week just to clean all that mess out of there.
Hopefully, this summer will be very productive.
I will post more pics soon.
Take care.