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Ron,

The last photos is the stage of the car right now. The firewall is in the same place as it was; just completely redone to include a larger access and stronger pipes. You will also notice vertical rectangular steel supports built into the firewall. Steve Wilkinson is working on getting the car plumbed for fuel lines, engine cooling lines, and intercooler lines so the engine can be hooked up and ran for the first time in the car. This will hopefully happen the next month or so.

The last photo is an interesting one too (with the fuel tank). You can see the depth of the sinking of the engine into the wheel house ahead of the spreader bar. Pretty extreme surgery; but it is turning out better than I expected.

The front of the motor of the Ford GT is shorter than the 351 motors; so the engine fits nicely with the exception of the wheel houses. This 5.4L dry sump engine can really be sunk down into the car -- a huge advantage for handling; even though it will be a Gran Turismo and not a track car.

Mark