Not connected to the cage. I built mounts out of 1 1/2" x 2" square tube welded to the floor.
Last night I tore the motor completely down. While putting pins in the heads to align the intake for the porter, I did not relize the holes in the heads where the intake bolts come in are drilled/tapped all the way through. When I pulled the heads off, I found alum shavings in my lifter area and on the cam. some also fell in to the cyl's as the heads came off. Figured it would be a good idea to tear it completely down:
Tank the block
Pull the lifters apart and wash them out completely
Pull the rings off the pistons and clean the pistons
Clean off the cam
All the bearings look pretty good. So that makes me feel happy
Half tempted to sell my PRC 237 heads since I was going to have new valves/guides put in and buy some aftermarket casting LS7 heads. They flow about 15% more air across the full lift. Hmmm, head flow = power. But at what cost.
New intake
Need offset rockers (just bought 1.8 rollers for the current heads)
Might also require different fuel rails/adapters for my current injectors.
Ohhhh the addiction!!!