Thanks man, yeah its coming along. Hopefully Ill have some pics of it done and put back together (minus the engine/trans) pretty soon.

Some more updates. Installed the lifters (out of the old LQ4) LS2 MLS head gaskets, the heads and lifter valley cover.
Also ordered the front and rear cover gaskets, oil pan, windage trey, pickup tube, valve cover and oil pan gaskets as well as the sbc motor mounts and LSx adapter plates.
and some pics....
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...May2920104.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...May2920107.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...May2920108.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../May292010.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...May2920105.jpg

Some progress today; I primered the valve covers and timing cover (paint tomorrow), the oil pan, pickup and windage trey also arrived today so I started the cleanup on that. Hopefully Ill have the whole thing closed up by the end of the week.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../June12010.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June120103.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June120102.jpg

some body color paint on the valve and timing covers...
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../June22010.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June220104.jpg

nice!

cleaned up the pan, pickup and windage trey...
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j.../June32010.jpg

got her buttoned up today...
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June420103.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June420106.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June420107.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...June420102.jpg

Motor looks great like the black blocke and color match covers cool idea

Thanks, I painted my buddies LS engine covers body color and liked the way it looked.

Yeah. . . it was really my idea from the start haha.