Hahaha, damn it, I was scrolling down to post that!

Seriously, with the help of my friends and vfaq.com, I went from not knowing how to change spark plugs, or oil, to stripping my car down pretty much to a bare shell and putting it back together again. The only things I haven't done at this point are building a bottom end and rebuilding a tranny, though I have a spare block sitting around waiting for some excess cash so I can rebuild it- the tranny is going to lancerman because I'm not so proud that I'd prefer a first-timer's grind job rebuild to his smooth expert rebuild. You have to shift pretty frequently, it's something I want to be perfect.