I have a whole bunch going on with this car, so I thought I would start an official build for it.

I guess you could say that I started current stage of the cars build in this thread;

http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=139020

"Looking to "rice" my mustang a little."

This is how the car currently looks;





It got too cold to work with the t-top stuff, so I took several weeks off from messing with it. Just been collecting parts. Right now I started pulling the motor apart to do a head and cam swap.



Got down to the timing chain and discovered a real problem.



I have never seen anything like this before. Looks like the keyway was not cut far enough rearward in the crank, and the lower timing gear moved. While removing the gear I noticed a lot of crank thrust movement. Measured it to be about .035" so the rest of the motor needs to come out now.

Good news is the new rims and tires I got for the car. Black 18" Saleen replicas. 9" in front 10" in back. Teaser pic.



If the crank is damaged I am going to throw a 393 stroker in it. Already have some nice Scat H-beams in the motor. Time will tell.

Jess