At some point before then the trusty 2 valve had been photographed, documented and extracted ...


The bumper and fenders came off, everything was stripped, sandblasted and painted up front.

In an effort to keep things clean looking under the hood (and to use the Mark VIII intake) I relocated the EGR to a place off the engine. I'm surprised that the EEC is running the EGR and it's sensor like this without throwing a code. :shock:


Notice the area above the tranny has been BFH massaged for intake clearance