Thanks for the offers guys! I actually made a lot of progress on my own last night:
-stopped by MAP and picked up my Kelford 272's and GSC springs *TWO* days early!
-removed strut tower bar
-unhooked all catch can/kracka vent plumbing
-unhooked/untangled all wiring
-unbolted fuel rail/injectors
-removed spark plugs
-drained coolant
-set TDC
-valvecover off
-broke cam gear bolts loose
-zip tied tbelt to gears and strung it up to my old hood prop
-unhooked all coolant lines
-unhooked upper IC pipe and got everything else out of the way
So ya, ready to unbolt cams and headstud bolts and get that mutha off of there! I got home late from work (about 7pm, don't say that's not 'that' late cause I worked a 17 hour 'shift' on the day before!) so I did not get it all the way off.
Called it quits around 10pm, just too much other stuff going on to keep going.
Also, I'm getting a few points of advice:
-Leave headstuds in, clean with brake cleaner and shop towels till its so clean I can eat off of it.
-Remove headstuds, use fine sand paper to *lightly* clean the surface of the block, then brake cleaner and shop towels till its clean.
Any votes yay/nay the sandpaper? I imagine it's only necessary if there's a lot of gunk on the block, and even then it should be light light lightly used.
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