Engine Front

Got the front of the engine dressed out. New early-year water pump(for clearance), rebuilt AC compressor and alternator, along with all new tensioners, pulleys and belts. The oil pressure sensor is homeless once again; it had to be evicted from its spot at the lower left front of the block since the alternator wanted to live there. This is the first of, what I expect to be, many, many "it seemed like a good idea at the time" episodes during this build. It took a full day of running around to amass the bolts, nuts, washers, plugs and other parts to complete this installation. By the way, used only one FFR spacer on each alternator bolt, and the alignment looks spot on. Also, note the brass plugs in the water pump where the heater hose connections used to be. I'm going to connect the heater to the coolant pipes at the front of the tunnel, to eliminate the two long hoses, and their contribution to heat in the tunnel. By the way, yes, that's a tired old LT5 in the left background of the first pic. Amazing to compare the engines - the LS3 making 100 HP more, and weighing 150# less. Ain't technology sweet?