Been there...had two transmissions so I could rotate one out each time it broke.
Don't half of us do that with whole cars?
Edit: Ahahahah. Oh man, just saw the pic of you drilling a hole to get the cam out. Hilariously brilliant way to avoid playing with dropping the cradle. Made my day.
Irridium spark plugs last 100k mi and work just as well as copper. Copper is a waste on N/A and only lasts 15k mi. Don't use Platinum.
Use 195* tstat unless you can thoroughly explain why not; 99.9% don't need a lower temp.
Almost any oil filter, ever, is of higher quality than ACDelco. Spend $6+.
Edit: Ahahahah. Oh man, just saw the pic of you drilling a hole to get the cam out. Hilariously brilliant way to avoid playing with dropping the cradle. Made my day.
lol, all that and now the motor is sitting in a tire on the floor
Bored block, Eagle Crank, XP Cam, Ported Heads/LIM/Blower/TB, 3.0 Pulley, CAI, Headers, 42.5#, AL 104's, etc...