And since the motor is in for good, I was able to start mocking up a few other pieces. It's obvious to me now that I need to do some major modifications to the passenger side inner fender. I'm using Kwik performance brackets for a Sandin compressor for A/C, and they hang way off to the passenger side. Might have to figure out something for the support rod on that side...
Here you can see that I'm going to have to get a straight water neck, the factory one won't work:
I originally thought I could put a swell in the rod to clear the coil pack. A/C compressor is going to pose a much bigger problem though...