I've decided to post the ENTIRE photo dump album, uncompressed, here and on the first page. It might help someone that needs a high def photo for their build or something.

COMPLETE PHOTO LIBRARY OF Z BUILD... PHOTO HEAVY

Front of the car broke down and parts have been brought to my house. A2W intercoolers, Intake and oil pan are out for welding. Crash bar has been dropped off for powder coating. I saw that the powder coater can do high lighter yellow so I'm going to have him accent a couple parts with that color. For sure the turbos. I was thinking about doing the shock tower trim and coil bracket.

The engine and transmission have been dropped out for final inspection and build. BTR rockers have been released so those have been ordered:
https://www.facebook.com/brian.toole...52909588054463

An ATI 10% under drive was also ordered so that my belts can route past the water pump. I hope that's enough... Push rod length will be measured this coming weekend if all goes well.

AutoDynamix was cleaned and organized because it was getting out of hand. It's hard to do good work in a dirty shop.:
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One year later... I find myself painting the engine bay. again. This time I dropped the k member. The engine bay was degreased and then scuffed. I found some issues with the paint that required attention, nothing major because I got after it now.

Today was a long *** day. Paint prep SUCKS. 9am - 9pm. Don't even feel like writing much... lol

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Looking at that front with nothing there. You wonder how is that a stiff chassis? But it is. :icon14:

Gotta get those SoulFunction braces.

The way everything is bolted on stiffens it. The engine sub-frame, crash bar, the brace over the engine, radiator support, etc.

We all know you like it stiff :wtf2:

I ain't dead yet.

Engine bay has officially been painted. It's decent. There some lint in the paint by the firewall because I didn't run a tack cloth. I used a cotton cloth that left a few fibers. The bay is darker than the OE paint because the primer is grey instead of white. apparently that matters. Outside of that, I'm happy with the results and ok with it. This whole path literally branched from battery acid lifting paint, which caused some rust. Then I got the bright idea to stitch weld from Bryan Settle. Not doing that again. It did, however, make me feel comfortable modifying the engine bay as needed for modifications.

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So fresh and clean clean!!!

You plan on shaving the wires while you have everything out?

Now to scratch it up when installing everything. :icon14:

If you mean thinning the wiring harness, yes. I'm deferring to my buddy for that because that's what they specialize in.

I'll try not to... but it's an engine bay at the end of the day for a driver. My car will not be a show car or trailer queen. Although.... There's only one show I'm entering in, Zdayz 2021 wild category.