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What you are looking at here is an engine. However, it's not just any engine. It's MY engine, and it's done. You may think this looks just like previous pictures of the engine, but with the addition of a shiney air cleaner. You will be partly right. Look up along the cowel. What do you see, or rather, what don't you see?

That's right (if you got it right), all the wires are gone. You'll see some nice black split tubing into which all the wires necessary to run this car went. A lot of wires ended up on the floor, as well. mostly the engine side of the ECU harness. Since there's no ECU anymore, that stuff was just in the way.

What's next? Well, tomorrow I need to crawl under the thing and shim the starter. It binds up on the flexplate some of the time. After that, I call a friend over and put the hood back on. Then, I get to drive it somewhere. Don't know exactly where, but somewhere. Not far, though. It needs a front end alignment. I eyeballed it while the car was in the air, so it's way off I'm sure.