hi all, just a quick update for those who may be interested on my motor clean up project:
spent a bunch of time this weekend painting the motor. The Hi-Temp engine enamel paint I got from Bill Hirsch automotive worked out very well. The only area I'm not completely thrilled about is at the very back of the motor where it meets up with the bellhousing. I tried to get the bellhousing repainted also but with the motor still in the car I couldn't reach all of it and what I could reach to paint on that bellhousing area only came out "so-so" but i figure most of that area is hidden by the ignition shielding anyway so unless you really look carefully in there and with a flashlight who's going to notice? the rest of the motor came out very well. It's now nice and clean, no chips or stains so it will really help everything look better once it's all put together again.
The only area I still have to finish up today on the motor is the flat area on the heads where the intake sits in and the ports are. i'm going to paint that silver rather than the Chevy orange of the rest of the motor so it blends in better with the aluminum intake and valve covers. Hopefully i'll get that done and finished up today along with new paint on the brake master cylinder.
My radiator is back from repair from Tom DeWitt - Thanks Tom!
The water pump, radiator bracket, alternator brackets, ignition shielding brackets, waterpump pulley, fan blade, and a few other parts have all been cleaned and/or glass bead blasted and repainted
The intake and valve covers have been done and look awesome - much, much better than before. Those are the two items that started this whole project.
Exhaust manifolds have been glass bead blasted and coated in "Hot Stuff" than baked.
for reassembly i have all clean, new bolts to replace the old ones I removed and since I was getting new hardware I made sure to get the ones with the correct headmarkings on them.
also got all new studs for the carb, t-stat housing, and exhaust manifolds along with new french lock, donuts, hose nipple fittings for the intake and waterpump, most new clamps for the radiator and heater hoses, etc, etc, etc.
A couple clamps I was able to save and clean up to look like new including the corbin clamps for the heater hoses.
All the hoses cleaned up to look like new except I did get a replacement upper radiator hose and WP/intake bypass hose.
Got a new rotor, distributor cap, and spark plug wires to install.
All the ignition shielding pieces, expansion tank and tank straps cleaned up very well.
Even got new decal stickers for the valve covers (365HP stickers) and for the fan shroud (coolant warning sticker).
Of course, all new gaskets for the intake, valve covers, distributor, and waterpump, along with a new fuel filter
looks like everything so far is a go to start reassembly on Monday or Tuesday!
the only thing I'm waiting on is to get my carb back from rebuild but hopefully by the time I'm up to that step which should be pretty much last step, it will arrive also.
Project Update 12/4
better there than my motor though. I ran my fingers thru the runners as deep as i could and they picked up not a single glass bead afterwards so I think it got cleaned out pretty well. I'm still going to run a water hose thru the runners and inside the metal pan again and let it dry to be safe before reinstalling on the motor. 
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