[Rick Parker]

Zackly! The engine has had no special preparation. He looked high and low for a 5.0 Coupe and found this one after much searching, bought it and after further inspection realized the car had been used pretty hard. We removed the engine, checked and replaced the timing gears, chain and front cover, water pump, and valve cover gaskets. He did the suspension mods and then it became his weekend driver. Long term goal was to do this activity with it. Now he and I will focus on the engine. A Fox body coupe is quite a bit lighter than later cars and although they do have their faults, they respond well to a little suspension tweaking which is key to these events. The body is more ridgid than a hatchback and they weigh less too, win win.