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4-14-2009
what a day! I spent 7 hours on it tonight and it doesnt even look like I did anything..
I powder coated some more parts, like the valve cover. I powdered it satin black and then sanded off the "ribs" and polished them smooth. I am not very happy with the satin black tho. it looks like it has a faint brown tint to it now that I have it on a large flat area. I am hoping once it is installed in the car and viewed in the sun it wont look that way. 
other than that, lets see... I got the clutch all installed and primed the oil pump, installed the timing belt and timed it...
on a side note... I realized all the hose clamps I ordered from GAP were too big... Now Ill have to order a bunch of smaller ones.
Oh yeah, and the FUN part of today, I installed the clutch plate, clutch disk and flywheel and proceeded to install the transmission. since all the bolt holes had been crossthreaded by someone trying to mount the block to the engine stand with standard bolts, I had to geta tap and chase all the threads. once I got the holes all cleaned up I bolted up the transmission and then I lifted on the clutch arm about 3 inches.
OOPS. I forgot to install the thrust plate.
so I had to take it all back apart.
anyways, pics tomorrow of the valve cover installed. hopefully! 
4-16-2009
my Flexalite fan arrived today. it is much smaller than I expected. not a deal breaker, but whatever. at least it will give me more room in there.
progress was made today and I almost got the motor in. bt at almost 3am there was no one available to help me.
- I will say that I think I will have to take the transmission off again before I install it. I was hoping to install it all as one piece.
here are some pics...
this didnt come out right the first time, so I had to do it again.
the tranny is painted with the high temp silver. it goes on funny tho and looks a little too twinky for my taste, but hopefully when it is all installed finished it will look good. - otherwise Im ripping it out again and respraying it low gloss black. 
it was a while back but I think all I did was I washed it really good with simple green, and a scrub brush. I might have sprayed it with engine degreaser... uh... and maybe washed it again with laquer thinner in a spray bottle...
then I just primed it and painted it.
p.s. the motor went in this morning thanks to Mr Honda for helping me out. I still need to align the motor mounts and whatnot, but I had to put it away so I could go to work.
Oh yeah, in case anyone hasnt noticed yet, the valve cover is not SUPPOSED to be brown. that is what "satin black" powder coat came out to look like. I am NOT happy with it. the brake booster next to it was rattle canned low gloss engine enamel, and its 10 times blacker than the valve cover. I am tempted to blast off the PC and rattle can it black.