quick update,

For all those with a droken crank bolt out there, be very careful if you decide to use a thread repair kit. My thread repair did not go well and I eneded up having to pull the engine and pulling the crank. Because the snout has been drilled on (by me) crankshaft machine shops basically will not touch it. I've been advised by several places that the best thing to do is to buy a reconditioned one which runs near $400. With a core deposit of around $150 (unfortunately I probably won't get a core deposit cause I've already dilled on it). The best bet in the long run would have been just pulling the crank in the first place and have the bolt extracted. Or at the very least be able to get the core deposit for it on a re-man crank. Just food for thought if anybody else runs into this issue.

On a positive note it was my first time pulling an engine so I learned a ton, also plan on doing the VSS while the engine is out and was planning on doing the Lower plenum but discovered that it had already been done! There's a part# cast into the plenum that you can see just barely through the gaps of the plenum. So that's a nice surprise guess I'll use the money on the crank instead. Cheers.