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Lastnight I took the engine and transmission out of my Cougar with the help of Mark, Jason, Nick, Zack, Ron, Scott and other MC-NECO members. We started at 11:00am and had the engine out by 9:30pm. The first four hours of the job involved removing the supercharger which was surprisingly the hardest part, but after that it was relatively easy except for an uncooperative ball joint. The entire event was recorded on yesterdays Gnome Cam. In addition to the work on my Cougar, an engine rod bearing and a wheel bearing were replaced on two other Cougars. By far our most productive mod meet to date. Now that the guts are out of my Cougar I plan to bring it to Leo's house for assistance in beefing up the transmission to properly handle the extra power from the supercharger. While it's out I also plan to upgrade to the proper headers and Y-pipe a forced induction car needs. Thanks to everyone who helped out, I definately would not have attempted anything like this without the help I received.