GUYS!!!! GREAT NEWS!!!! I'm an idiot!!!!

Didn't plug in the crank angle sensor last night. At least I think that's what it is, plugs in to left just behind harmonic balancer, pigtailed with the oil idiot sensor connector). Plugged that in, it turned over once and then fired.

Holy smokes! I have never been so happy about something so dumb. My only excuse is, whoever did this swap didn't clean up the old harness, so there are unused connectors from the old 3.0 engine laying around everywhere in the engine bay.

Drove it around about 5 miles, runs just as good as it did before. Idle is a little high, drops down if you blip the throttle. So much clean up to do, but the power plant is solid now!

Any advice on oil and coolant flush? I did as much of a pressure flush as possible while the thermostat was out, plan to cycle it until clear then convert to red (somebody filled it with green )

So excited, going to start a build thread now and make it GOOD!!!

Thanks for the tips and pointers.