Engine Integration and Shop Project Updates

because like just wow just wow i'm so so pumped about this thing you've no idea i am going to have to build headers for it so i'm getting some of that stuff on the way i need to get an accessory drive and it can't be like a factory-style one because it's a tall deck block so it's going to be a little bit different i'm not exactly sure what to do about that yet but we'll figure it out i don't want to use an electric water pump because that's just another switch something electric that can stop working good old regular belt driven ones just fine with me obviously i gotta find some motor mounts the oil pan will probably work depending on what i put it in i say this like i don't know what i'm putting in it i know what i'm doing with this i'm just not gonna tell you yet um i'll let you speculate a little bit maybe i could be swayed i don't know we'll see as far as the escalade goes and why that's not um running right now i'll save that explanation for a later video and i have a good reason as to why it's still sitting there uncle rob just waiting on some uh fuel system components i got to figure out what kind of gas tank it has um because we're going to work with aeromotive on the fuel system for this thing pretty dang close to being ready to roll i just have to put the wastegate blowoff valve on and do the fuel system and then we're pretty much on to like tuning and whatnot but just kind of taking little little chips at it so that's where i'm at with that actually that road trip to the blueprint factory was double productive because well i guess triple one got to make all kinds of awesome videos at blueprint two came back with the freaking 632 in the back of my truck ready to do something with three i found a transmission for the monte carlo in wichita on facebook marketplace so i picked up this two wheel drive 6l80 for little ralph the monte carlo and that's going to be the next like wrenching project stuffing that thing in there getting that going because now the tanner is here from okc uh we have full-time tuner in-house here triple seven so when i get that put in there we can throw it on the dyno and go through it and tune it make sure it works so that's kind of the uh that's the agenda now have a little bit of update on those a little bit more in depth in a little bit here