Thanks guys. It was a fun year and a hard year at the same time. My car was running good and I pulled the transmission to install a 1.98 low-gear in my powerglide and opened a whole can of worms. Pulling the pump unknowingly I flared a bolt hole 1/4 inch away from one of the cooling lines holes in the case. This led to whipping out the band every 3 passes. After pulling, rebuilding, and installing the transmission on the floor 6 times by myself I finally took it out to a racing powerglide expert in ohio. It ran great for 6 passes and split the new (used) stock case I bought from him. This led me to buying an ATI Supercase and building one from the ground up. During this period I took 5 weeks off from racing for a break. It was a long long road but now I am officially a powerglide rebuilder so I learned something out of my issues. Hopefully I can hit the gym an get over some lagging health issues an put on some win lights in 2018.