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Message: [QUOTE="Power Hungry, post: 1150654, member: 1375"] That's about where we were on this. I drove the truck almost a year with the gaskets leaking. Fortunately, I was blowing compression into the cooling system and not actually passing coolant into the oil or cylinders. Yeah, not bright, but I knew I was going to be tearing it completely down so I really didn't care. Anyway.... I apologize for the lack of movement on this. We spent the last couple weeks getting our manufacturing and shop spaces organized and had a number of things to get cleared up. This has caused us some regrettable delay on the project, although we are finally moving forward. :D Anyway, as Jeremy indicated, the engine has been dropped off at the machine shop to get things underway. Decked, Fire-Ringed, Machined Pistons, Ported Heads, Twin Turbos, Dry Sump, and a couple other top-secret goodies that should make for an interesting setup. Still investigating injectors, HPO setups, intercooling options... All sorts of fun stuff. And that's just the engine work. There's a large amount of frame work (relocated engine), body work (roll cage, 5 point harness), suspension work (bags, notched frame, 4-link, narrowed axle), transmission selection (thinking Manual Trans, given the HP we anticipate), and other considerations that needs to be addressed as well. Unfortunately, I already know that we are not going to be making our deadline. I am going in for surgery tomorrow for a torn rotator cuff and will be physically out of commission for at least several weeks. :p We're hoping that once the engine is back together and in frame, we can start massaging the frame and body as needed. The rest should be pretty straightforward. I appreciate everyone's interest and sincerely apologize for the delay. We are all excited to move forward with this project and reporting our progress. Take care and have a great weekend! [/QUOTE]