Long time no post.... little update. I got the supercharger going after finding out the hard way what spark blowout was. Put in some NGK's gapped at .025 instead of .035 and it fixed that issue. Then the crank pressure blew out my dipstick, and ugh the lower intake rear seal. Builder used RTV instead of the gasket material. Added a K&N filter where the filler tube was, cleaned and temporarily tried to reseal the intake from the outside. It actually held under boost. Huh. So I went to take it to the local auto-x. That morning the supercharger belt slide forward and became a 7 rib belt. WTF? Turned the belt around, retightened it, all seemed fine.
It was a little over an hour drive to the auto-x. The car did fine, but sounded a little "off" during tech inspection.
I went ahead and ran it on the old stocker rims/tires.
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She was a MONSTER.... but part way through the run, under braking the car would almost stall out. I wasn't about to let it ruin my day, so I just hammered down and it would go back into boost and all was fine. I ran the rest of the course, sliding all over the place with little traction. Fun times.
Going back through the staging lanes was not good. There was a loud noise under the hood. It was the balancer beating the hell out of my waterpump. UGH. We thought the balancer took a dump.
I went and rented a puller.... the balancer although scratched up pretty good... was not the problem. We stuck a prybar into the crank.... yeah, it's broke. 
The car ended up getting trailered home. We are hoping it'll just take a "forged" crank and bearings as it still ran. The crank in it was NOT forged, I just hope the girdle held the main caps and kept them in one piece. The car is most likely done for the winter. I can't stop to look at it, until I get my winter beater project finished up. I should have a lift in the shop this spring, so that'll help.
If you want to check out my winter beater project, it's here:
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I'm pulling the 302 out and putting in a FI 351. I hope the stang doesn't need the 302 for a block to start again, but it's there if I need it.
It was a little over an hour drive to the auto-x. The car did fine, but sounded a little "off" during tech inspection.
I went ahead and ran it on the old stocker rims/tires.
Paul Brown's Photos | Facebook
She was a MONSTER.... but part way through the run, under braking the car would almost stall out. I wasn't about to let it ruin my day, so I just hammered down and it would go back into boost and all was fine. I ran the rest of the course, sliding all over the place with little traction. Fun times.
Going back through the staging lanes was not good. There was a loud noise under the hood. It was the balancer beating the hell out of my waterpump. UGH. We thought the balancer took a dump.
I went and rented a puller.... the balancer although scratched up pretty good... was not the problem. We stuck a prybar into the crank.... yeah, it's broke. The car ended up getting trailered home. We are hoping it'll just take a "forged" crank and bearings as it still ran. The crank in it was NOT forged, I just hope the girdle held the main caps and kept them in one piece. The car is most likely done for the winter. I can't stop to look at it, until I get my winter beater project finished up. I should have a lift in the shop this spring, so that'll help.
If you want to check out my winter beater project, it's here:
Paul Brown's Photos - Project: Pitch Black | Facebook
I'm pulling the 302 out and putting in a FI 351. I hope the stang doesn't need the 302 for a block to start again, but it's there if I need it.
) with a 5.0 in it, so I could stay here. 
and on that note, start building it right....wait for it.....wait for it.....NOW!
