Here she is in the car, next step is to take it all out and install torque converter. Then clean up the engine bay
here's a pic without wires or headers:
If all goes well, it should be driving in a week
By my estimate it has somewhere between 430-470 hp and 450-510 tq on the motor. I'll get it on the dyno when I can afford to swap a 9" rear.
I got a deal on a built th350 with shift kit, going with the 442 theme (/FE3x body) I had to get a hurst shifter. My torque converter is a redneck perf. 3000 stall and should be tons of fun on the street. I'm still not positive if the tranny has a full manual kit or I can switch between drive and manual for the best of both, but I'll find out when I drive it.
I went with a holley 4150 770 cfm street avenger series carb, air cleaner is the biggest one I could buy and so is the fan. I wanted a 2" cowl hood, but since the air cleaner is too big, I'm going with a 4" one (which I honestly don't like as much on these cars). Hood should be installed in a few weeks, I'm going to cut up the header panel and customize it - tastefully - and clean up the engine bay. The plan is to do all this by next month. Hopefully.