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Oiling issues are at 6k and higher, at the main and rod journals

Has anyone in ccg completed a Fox Body Mustang project/light restoration and could give me an estimate of how much they spent and what they ended with? I’m in the midst of mine right now, it’s an ‘88 LX and the bottom end is at a machine shop as of Saturday. The motor wasn’t blown or anything, it just sat without being started since 2007 and had like 140k miles. I’m still undecided on my end result, I’m torn between going with a built NA setup to get close to 375 rwhp, or going with a almost stock build and getting a supercharger on 6-8 psi of boost. I’m also looking at a 5 lug and rear disk conversion, and maximum motor sports suspension kit for my turning needs.
Which build would you guys go with, and are there any other suspension brands would you possibly suggest over Maximum.

Can confirm this, light to light it feels like I have 18 horsepower total unless I jump on it and it flashes to stall and then kaboom hold on to your seatbelts cuz it's all hitting all at once.

So basically stall converters are witchcraft quadrajets are witchcraft rear end posi is witchcraft better prep my human sacrifices and my obsidian knife and jaguar pelt

Nah dude just swap in a 572 BBC and a t5 with a Dana 35 rear shitll be mad tight yo

I’ll pass in the swap, I already have the engine so I’m just gonna work with what I have.

>That stude is looking good.
Thanks. There's quite a lot of rust from the imperfect earlier resto and the PO leaving it in the rain, on the curb for year, but I was happy with how nice it looks with all the grime washed off.

>You got any interior pics?
Not right now, I want to do another before/after shot once I clean it out. I still have this mystery GI illness, this has turned out to be one of the worser days, so I'm not sure how much I'll get done tomorrow. I'm staying with my folks, I just miss my own home. Doing some more tests now, I hope there is an end to this.

>mfw

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Never again will i do a painless harness finding diagrams is almost comparable to the search for the holy grail

There is a big oil leak on the Stude. It's coming from the crankcase cover. All the bolts are tight except the bottom one, which spins continuously. I guess the thread is stripped. Suggestions?

I guess the correct way to "fix" this is to drill out the hole and tap a larger thread, but I'll wait until I have the engine out for that. For a quick fix, I considered putting a bit of plumbers tape on the bolt. Think this might give me just enough traction to get the cover on tight?

I found a hand sketch of what i described on the chevelle forums it seems similar to what i described so im goimg with that

If the bolt itself is stripped it may work but at that point just get a new bolt. If its the bore thats bad that trick might not do anything. Hope this helps