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Originally Posted by nightime,Apr 24 2010, 05:31 PM
the best way to do it if u have a engine hoist is to hoist the front of the car off the ground as high as u can then slide the motor and trans as one peace under the car then line it up and lower the car back down then hook the hoist back up to the motor and lift it up and bolt the sub frame back up and your golden
Originally Posted by nightime,Apr 24 2010, 01:31 PM
the best way to do it if u have a engine hoist is to hoist the front of the car off the ground as high as u can then slide the motor and trans as one peace under the car then line it up and lower the car back down then hook the hoist back up to the motor and lift it up and bolt the sub frame back up and your golden
did you take off the motor mount brackets from the block ?
the lift point was the cross member and i left the mounts on the engine, the motor and trans were on top of a flat furniture moving dolly for i could just roll it under the car
Originally Posted by nightime,Apr 25 2010, 02:16 AM
the lift point was the cross member and i left the mounts on the engine, the motor and trans were on top of a flat furniture moving dolly for i could just roll it under the car
and there were no clearance issues with the subframe and motor mounts ? any clearance issues ?
Yeah.. my last engine removal was done the "old" way: trans from the bottom, engine from the top. I will be putting in a home brewed stroker on the car over the summer so I'll use the lifting the car method see how I like it.
