Just picked up this 88 GT with a 347 stroker a few weeks ago.
Seemed to run fine on the test drive and the drive home. But then it started to tick. Thought it was just a lifter that I found was loose. So I reset the lash on it and it was fine for a little bit then started making noise after a short drive. I pulled the intake and found that the spider tray had came loose and allowed a dogbone to jump out of place.
This caused one of the lifters to basically disintegrate and destroy the cam.
I'm pulling the engine this week and will use this thread to update my progress. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Seemed to run fine on the test drive and the drive home. But then it started to tick. Thought it was just a lifter that I found was loose. So I reset the lash on it and it was fine for a little bit then started making noise after a short drive. I pulled the intake and found that the spider tray had came loose and allowed a dogbone to jump out of place.
This caused one of the lifters to basically disintegrate and destroy the cam.
I'm pulling the engine this week and will use this thread to update my progress. Any advice is greatly appreciated.