Well back to not running. Shes just cranking and cranking with little sputter starts here and there. Ive rechecked everything ive gone through and cant seem to figure it out. I had her running for a while and noticed the lower radiator pipes were not getting hot. She was building up heat pretty quickly. I took the thermostat out and checked it. It was opening the way that it was supposed to. I reinstalled the lower neck minus the t-stat to be able to check the water pump and now here I am back to not starting. Ive been hunting down vacuum leaks and trying to route the vacuum lines the way they are supposed to be.. however with this intake manifold that's kind of hard. Its been a lot of moving this and that with no luck.

And to top it all off im finding out that the drivetrain should have worked, yet, it doesn't.

The previous set up was RB eng/ rb bellhousing/ ka trans/ ka 1 piece driveshaft and it all fit
the setup now is RB eng/ and full rb trans/ ka 1 piece drive shaft and its all 2 inches short. The engine mounts are in the same spot as before. The trans mount is mounted the same way too. But the driveshaft input shaft is hanging 2 inches out of the transmission. Im looking at getting a new driveshaft made, but it just sucks that this "should" be a direct drop in seeing as a few sites ive looked at and I talked with someone who had the full rb package to fit in the car.

Well back to work on the car.