another update...

spent about 6 hours today scrubbing the block with a wire brush and using some degreaser to get rid of all the body dust/gunk that had been built up on the motor... this thing was dirty and now my back/neck/arms are a little sore

here's a few shots after scrubbing for hours..


i didnt scrub the front yet because i have the cover off and i will be sending that in with the head a few other parts to be cleaned at the head shop.


here's the head in the box, ready to go off to the head shop for a cleaning/machine work


and after i had cleaned it all, i hit it with some high temp silver to make it all look fresh
this is a pic of the oil pan after painting, which was filthy when i got it.


and after i finished all of that, i started to try and remember how the wiring harness came out haha...



also i found the driver (now passenger) side door handle with the power window switch, so i may keep the power windows after all, ill just have to extend a few wires from one side to the other, shouldnt be that hard.



oh yeah, i also went to advanced today to get some oil for my sti since i figured i would get tired of scrubbing so i would take a break by changing the scooby oil..
they have a deal right now if you buy the 5.25 gallon oil from mobile one and buy an oil filter you pretty much save 8 dollars and get a free oil filter, so now i have a new mobile one filter for the 240 whenever i actually get around to putting oil in it haha