Well, today we started the teardown of the Cougar for the 07 rebuild. With the help of quite a few friends we were able to gut the interior in a short period of time with only the dash remaining in the car. By the end of the week the 2.5L motor will leave the car for the final time, along with the stock MTX-75 transmission. Then flatbed will arrive next weekend to take the car over to the painters where we'll media blast the entire car. This year we're going to Lizardskin the entire interior, engine bay, and undercarrage -- using a combination of their sound and heat barrier products. Once paint is completed the motor and tranny will finally go in, a nice new Supercharged 3L, with a huge laundry list of mods including direct port nitrous, mated to a tricked out MTX-75 built to handle the power. It should be a fun build...

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