My doomed 408 build

Man, that really sucks. Sorry to hear your bad news. Wishing you the best with the rebuild and following along.
It wouldn't be so bad but this is the 3rd tear down and rebuild on the engine, and I still haven't been able to go down the strip once going on my 3rd year of working on it.. I also had the same issues with TCI and their crappy drag race trans. Due to it locking up the rear wheels on the 2-3 shift, It had to be sent back twice, and I had to send it to Copes the third time for it to finaly get done right. At least TCI didn't charge me for the rebuilds just freight.