getting engine out

[Viper_Storm]

could you get an engine stand/rotersiery from pepboys?

[FormulaLT1]

yes

[supervisor1886]

Those cherry pickers are real cheap. I have seen one for $500 before that. Thank you guys a lot, it realy helps.

[tcfco2005]

if you have a harbor freight around where you live that the place to get a 2 ton engine host.harbor freight

[Mr. Luos]

Originally Posted by philly rs

hell i use a lift, and bring her out from the bottom. u guys are talented and good for bringing her out through the top and keeping the nose clip on while doing it

Mine came out the bottom.

Used the hoist to lift the car off the k-member.

[tcfco2005]

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Mine came out the bottom.

Used the hoist to lift the car off the k-member.

lol thats how we did my friends 91z28....just unbolted everything and put the hoist on his wonder bar and then lifted the car up and took the whole front end almost off.....

[DVS LT1]

Do you have to make any clearance to get the engine out the top? I always thought the water pump had to come off and the rad yanked out before it would clear.

I should get me one of those.

BTW I don't know if anyone else saw but in another thread the dude fastened the engine hoist to the strut brace and lifted the whole front of the car up over the engine & suspension. Not exactly sure if I'd try that myself but it sure seemed clever.

EDIT: Uh, ya nevermind that last part lol.

[FormulaLT1]

You have to remove, pretty much everything from the front of the engine to get her out. The intake manifold needs to come off to get it out from the top, the water pump, ofcourse the radiator and condensor and tranny cooler, all the accessorys,. It would be much easier to remove it from the bottom, if there was a safer manner in which to do it without a lift, I would have definetly attempted it that way. Also I saw a article on the web about how to remove from the bottom and yeah, the guy used a strut tower brace to lift it off the engine and tranny, then roller them out on like a flat wooden dolly he made and when finished lowwered the car back on them. It looked pretty easy.

[Mr. Luos]

Originally Posted by DVS LT1

BTW I don't know if anyone else saw but in another thread the dude fastened the engine hoist to the strut brace and lifted the whole front of the car up over the engine & suspension. Not exactly sure if I'd try that myself but it sure seemed clever.

[philly rs]

yeah we saw that..... i bet that was something too see, i wouldnt try an remove our engines without a lift because i have enough fun doing it with one. im good at engine work and all but i snap out real fast when shit starts going down hill. thats why i only made it as a jetengine mechanic for 2 yrs when i first went inot the airforce...it drove me nuts. being a on a search and rescue team and being a cop was much better for my nervs lol

[drvngstorm05]

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

on horsepower tv they left the front wheels and all the accessories on... and literally wheeled the damn thing around... it was pretty funny looking... an engine and tranny on two wheels being pushed around like a shopping cart... what made u take off the accessories and the wheels and stuff?

[Mr. Luos]

I didn't have to. I just did. I needed the cam out before I pulled the motor, someone was buying it.
So I tore down to make life easier when we pulled it out.

The whole process really wasn't that bad. Took some time, and we forgot to remove the brake lines (which broke) but not a problem. Just get new ones for the install of the new motor.

And as far as I am concerned....this is STILL just a bolt-on car. Motor bolts on.
It will look stock under the hood minus fuel rails, lid, and headers. The color of the block will be a touch different, but most people won't know the difference.

[drvngstorm05]

very sleeperish... and very evil i might add... especially for poor guys like me who would be minutes away from having our ass handed to us...

when people who don't know very much look under my hood i just tell them i have a 305tpi or something... they wouldn't know either way... but anyone who knows anything about chevy small blocks will know that my engine is not a tpi...

[philly rs]

yeah like how im gonna parade around like i have a v6 rs, when it gonna be a v8 rs. the sound will give it up but maybe if they roll up on me while im already stoped ill catch them that way. or get them before i start my car then be like ok lets race then lol

[FormulaLT1]

I tell people all the time after I race them its a stock 3.8. I doubt they believe me cause of the way she sounds but without the badges, that I removed you have no way of knowing its a formula (from the outside anyway).