All the needed connections for the wiring on the engine have been soldered and heat shrunk.

I flushed out the engine and the cooling system in the car with copious amounts of fresh water.

The engine is essentially ready to install except for one small detail...… the exhaust manifolds.

Unfortunately the C43 manifolds are not a direct bolt on affair. Even though they look very similar, they terminate in a lower location at a different angle.

Fear not though..... I am going to cut the 2 forward ports from the C43 manifolds and the single forward port on the V6 manifolds and mate them together.

I will bolt them in place and tack them, and then off to my buddy's house where he will TIG them.

I'm going to have a little thumb twirling today.

Jared