So I definitely didn't get it running within that week.

I did get around to cleaning the engine bay a little and dropping the motor in on the same day. What caused me problems later were some plugs I had to rewire. After reconnecting everything(I thought) and trying to start the motor, I blew a pretty major fuse, killed my battery, fried another alternator, and I'm pretty sure I caused a good amount of damage to my starter. Unfortunately, I fucked up on rewiring the plug that was for the alternator. That and a few loose grounds lead to all these problems. But I tracked them down and everything electrical is in good order, for the most part.
My starter's gone bad, and as a result, the starter teeth click like crazy on the flywheel, the crank is weak, and the transmission rattles a bit. I got the starter to work using the screwdriver trick, and my motor finally turned on for the first time. I heard an intense rattling, and it got pretty warm pretty quickly, all the way to the positive battery terminal. When I turned it off, I heard the starter still cranking. After that, I unplugged the starter completely and tried to push start it. It worked until the tranny started rattling hard and I just turned the car off.

Something is grinding against something, and it's making the car difficult to push. This is my main problem at the moment. I'm gonna try and work with it today.




Sweet driveway.




Threw the rod hard...


Oil leaks are a pain.


Homies helpin' out and shit. Thanks!


Got my EGR block plate.


Ready to be dropped in.


Clutch pedal! We ended up cutting a piece of my brake pedal off later on.

Master.


Just finished putting everything back together (got rid of stock radiator for s13 Koyo too).

Progress has been made. Still troubleshooting.
Any advice is welcome. All the help I've received so far is much appreciated.
Thanks for reading!