So yeah I guess I'll start at the beginning. A long time ago when I was fresh out of high-school I started a 3.4l swap on my camaro, all was going well til a fire ruined the harness. Well back then I was broke and heart broken and just left the project for the future. A few years later I had a son and life was going great til two years ago when she left n took my kid. Heart broken and alone, desperate to find something to preoccupi my mind I stumbled up a firebird the same year as my camaro so I promptly bought it and began trying to pick up where I left off. All was going well for a while most things stayed organized and alot I could just remember what went where (I also took pics during progress but that old phone got broken) but the project was slow due to financial constraints. Well about a year and a month passed since the womerns walked out on me and I found my self utterly horrified on the first of July 2023 as I was unfortunately the one to discover that my brother had left this world by his own means... after that I didn't do much for a while. The losses I had endured had taken a big toll. Now currently I'm back to trying to revive this car as it's my only source of sanity rn. I've done a soft rebuild on the engine; oil pump, decked heads, cleaned lifters, new valves, oilpan. And timing set as well as cover. I'm approaching the point where the engine is about ready to go back in but alot of my parts have been jumbled by now and my memory is shot from the all tragedy. So I'm asking for the communities help. Please I need references photos for hardware for mounting brackets and the locations they go. Most photos of these engines are frontal only views with wiring an hoses covering what I need to see. If you would be willing to help please feel free to dm and I would be happy to share my email to receive your photos. And if you are a kind enough person to see this out with me please follow this post as I will be updating with progress and questions. To everyone on this forum ty so much for all the info you've shared and God bless you all.

Update: here is a picture of the engine i suppose the first thing i need to know to figure this puzzle out is which locations on the heads do the studs go n which ones need bolts and i may be misremembering but didnt the timing cover also have a stud on it? And if so what attached to it?


(Feel free to save and doodle on the pic of the engine to show where studs should go)

 

Holy cow man, sorry for all the heartache you have had, hopefully you still have access to your child.
Keep your head strong and use the car as an outlet.

 

Ty, I really appreciate the words of encouragement my friend. Im sure the sun will rise again but until then I'm gonna keep my head down, under the hood of a camaro