Much needed elbow room

[bam55]

Being a car guy with only a two car garage space was really limited. My wife and I remodeled the entire house with an addition. The wife told me while we are at it to build a workshop for my tools that way only my cars are in the garage. We also added a driveway between the garage and the new workshop, a fence that sections off my part of the yard from hers.lol
So behind this fence is they driveway the shed/workshop and my garage.

Here's a pic of the finished shed/workshop

Now the details. I had my handy man build the structure and I did all the electrical, drywall, and roll up door myself.

I used Gladiator rails and cabinets. I love the rail system for storing my tools and misc.

I used Lowes LED's lights (love them), Epoxy Sheild, and lowes vinyl base moldings. The shed is 12x14 (as big as the permit would allow) It has 8 110 outlets and one 220 for my tig and mig welders. It freed up a lot space in the garage now I can work on cars without tripping over myself.lol

 

[Bib Overalls]

Nice set up. 12x14 is a nice size if you don't need to bring vehicles or machinery in side. I see at least one engine block in your photos. Certainly a nice environment for building motors. Impressed.

 

[bam55]

Nice set up. 12x14 is a nice size if you don't need to bring vehicles or machinery in side. I see at least one engine block in your photos. Certainly a nice environment for building motors. Impressed.

Yes the engine was my first project in there. Its completed now and it was nice place to get her done in. I'm currently rebuilding the transmission in there.

 

[bam55]

The engine is a 2002 5.3 out of Tahoe. I bored it to a 5.7 and added 5.7 flattop pistons, and TSP 228r cam, and ARP rod bolts, other than that the rotating assembly is stocked.
Bare block when it came back from the machine shop

Machine shop check list.

Rotating Assembly

Engine back together. Oh I also brought some used 243 heads of ebay and had them rebuilt also.

Other I have aftermarket coil brackets and headers.

Ready to fire it up for the first time. I only let it run a little while due to no radiator. My setup is a engine dolly I made, along with a front that is removable. It just slides into the legs of the dolly. For gas I used Lawn Mower gas tank that I modified for a return line, PSI wiring harness and computer with a basic tune (still have to have it tuned for the cam), external fuel pump, corvette filter regulator, and drive by wire.

Here is a short video of it running.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bam55/29574114904/in/album-72157670272808501/