The engine’s sitting in there. It’s got a proper oil pan, some fleabay shorty headers and a Sloppy Stage 2 cam. I had to heat and bash the frame rail a bit to make the AC compressor fit, but so far everything seems to be going together a bit *too* easily. I mocked up a crossmember for the 4L80E... Even that behemoth looks like it’s going to for without much fuss.
I haven’t done the exact math in a while, but I honestly have roughly $1,200 into this build so far.