flexplate installed, I use factory bolts over the arp bolts. I like the idea of knowing they aren't going anywhere, I've never been able to take factory bolts loose with a 1/2 impact, where as the arp bolts come right out
The paint was just flaking off on its own?
You've got to tear it back down to a short block?
I maybe missed it but what kind of paint was used?use an epoxy or etch undernieth?