Here is a good size comparison next to a C5 corvette, for those curious. It is indeed much smaller in length and width!
My first plan of attack was to strip out the chassis and remove everything in the bay to prepare for paint. This involved pulling that horse show front harness out (huge pain) and taking out all the factory brake lines. this engine bay has been painted previously, but it was done when the engine was in the car so it is somewhat of a patchy mess ha.
Rolled it out and removed the dash to get to some of the wire harnesses a little easier. The dash removal alone took a couple hours
HVAC system removed:
Got the front down to bare chassis, in an attempt to start to fill in some holes and do a slight shave of the bay. I don't plan to completely smooth everything out, just a slight clean up.
