Do's/Don'ts of Engine Cleaning (Tell us your experiences...)

[Dudewith4x4]

Well Im doing this to this engine

-Cleaning the engine wells.
-Removing The wheel wells and repainting them.
-Removing the headers, sandblast them, and Paint black.
-Getting a new manifold( Holley) and A chrome carb(Edelbrock)
-New Chrome Valve Covers (Edelbrock) (already bought)
-Painting fire wall.
-Buying new Chrome Air cleaner(EdelBrock)

Heres the before. Please visit my Build thread (http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=377155) to watch the progress in coming weeks. Thanks Ross.