Well all good things must come to an end, and I am glad to say that it is not the mighty 409 Cleveland...I had just made a record pass of 9.32, at 143, and ready for that 9.2x run. Left hard, with a 1.28 60 ft. and through the traps at 8400. While slowing down. You can hear a metallic noise. Clunk Clunk Clunk, especially while turning on the return road. After evaluating, initially thought it was the right rear tire, or axle, even rear end...But I was wrong, sound like it is coming from the transmission. I had called my friend Paul Adomaitis, and discussed the noise. He feel's it may be the planetary gears. We thought may be output shaft moving, but no evidence of that yet, and I did have to remove the transmission it to install a snap ring I forgot, that Paul noticed. I will remove the driveshaft to further evaluate, and remove the trans pan, and inspect.

Not disappointed by any means, this old Cougar and Cleveland combination have made killer passes, exceeding any goals I had made. I only planned on racing 2 more Fridays, then take summer off for family, and other work. I will get it apart, and find out the issue, may get it back to track this Spring, if not will be Fall. For now I can concentrate on Mrs. DragBoss' Mustang, be nice to have that going by Fall too. Thanks for watching DragBoss Garage, "Where your always seeing and learning something new"