A few months back, in the April 2018 issue of RPM, we reported that Project Homegrown COPO has experienced more adversity in its life…as if being poked and prodded by a fork truck and rescued from the crusher wasn’t enough. Thankfully, our COPO tribute survived the fire with just a few bruises – nothing that can’t be repaired. In our last installment we also touched on the initial plan for the first naturally aspirated LS powerplant that would be slid into the car (if you missed it, you can bring yourself up to speed by visiting the entire collection of the Homegrown COPO Build.