well, frustrating day...
i got the engine all ready to go, got it up on the cherry picker, and thought to myself, i should really make sure the flex plate/torque converter fit together...welllllll, they didn't...i called both companies, and they said they should, then they checked themselves and they didn't...so waiting on parts...
here are a few pics of my excitement phase, follow by the flex plate/torque converter realization...notice the torque converter bottoms out on the flex plate so the bolts don't even hardly make it through the plate