So, what did you do today?

[marshall_mosty]

Car is loaded on the trailer and going to the dyno tomorrow for a few days of "love".

[y5e06]

let me know what you have by way of IM...

You need/want any LT year body panels? I "found" one on my driveway and it needs to "fly" to somebody else's roost.

free stuff is always good.

[marshall_mosty]

A little late to post, but had the car on the dyno last Friday and laid down two really nice 350/370 "max power" pulls and snapped the crankshaft behind the fourth main journal on the third pull. It all stayed together and made 180-185 psi on all cylinders even with the crank broken...piston 4/8 touched the heads, but looks like it didn't kiss any valves so as long as they are still true, we should be okay.

I decided to upgrade to the Ford Racing 302 "BOSS" block (4-bolt main and thick cylinder walls that allow for a 0.125 overbore). That coupled with a 4340 forged crank should make for what I hope to be a "lifetime" short block...

I dropped off the short block with Richard Painter today to tear it all down and figure out what we need to do. I'm planning on going with head studs this time around since the BOSS block uses 1/2" head bolts instead of the stock block 7/16" bolts.

[Supercharged111]

Man you have the worse luck.

[marshall_mosty]

Picked up my heads today. Had some "peppered" spots on one of the heads where he engine ran lean a few rebuilds ago. Shaved it just enough to clean it up. Also ended up replacing all the intake valves, 4 exhaust valves, and the valve locks.

The flywheel/pressure plate combo was only 3 grams out of balance, so I'm going to run "as-is" since the engine is dead on zero balance.

All the "magic" will happen tomorrow when the engine is back in he car and running.

[Pranav]

Cleaned up the garage and put the car away for the first time since November. Only 1 weekend of work really required for the next race, feels good.

[mach1]

Got my junk back on the lift, found gear oil all over the driver side of the axle around the panhard bar mount, turns out the 8.8 axle tube is ripped open where the LCA bracket is welded to the axle, crazy.

[dtanker65]

Suspension binding?

[mach1]

Suspension binding?

I think it's the fact that the bracket wasn't designed for the load that the PHB is putting on it.

[blk96gt]

Are you using a PM3L?