Mike not sure what dirty laundry you are trying to hang out. Yes indeed I ran the bracket finals in my dads camaro because my was hurt. Found the problem with mine, it was a converter clearance issue that wiped the thrust bearing. I was the one who put the converter in the car and felt I had good clearance, obviously I didnt. Everything in the engine otherwise is fine.

Bob will rebuild this for me without a doubt!

He is also going to do a motor for the dragster this season.

I will not comment on the other build you are talking except that I know for a fact he is still in contact with Bob for tech advice on rebuilding.