Cleaned up and ready to test start tonight.
Welded and painted the pinch weld. Not pretty but didn't want to put too much heat into it. Could only do about 2 spot welds at a time before the paint started smoking. Quick hit with the die grinder to flatten it out some and just used some seam sealer I had at home because I could apply with my finger. Probably took more material off than I needed to but each test fit requires the engine to be lifted to fit the pipes in.
Wrapped the rest of the intake in gold foil too. The big elbow runs close to the manifold so it needs it but had extra so wrapped the front part too. Probably doesn't need it but I like the look.
Oil and filter have been changed, coolant filled and bled, downpipe installed.with o2s, just need to install the intake and will attempt to fire it up tonight.
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