Just used FastZinTN's short writeup and it was right on the money Thanks man.

Here's some pics from today's adventure. We started mid afternoon and were done in the evening, no biggie really. Couldn't get it on the stand yet b/c I didn't have bolts to put it on with! doh! Tomorrow I'll pick some up.

The whole thing was really pretty easy, no need to use wood blocks or anything to get the car high enough, 6 ton jack stands are *plenty* tall enough to secure the car to get the engine out.

Uh, since we're on there, left to right:

Cmr0Z28, redemn93, me, and a friend of ours Chris... sponsored by Budweiser.

 

Glad to hear it went smoothly for you

 

you will love being able to fully assemble the engine that way, I did a few out/in the bottom, and I don't even take the wheels off, I just put blocks of wood between the LCA and the K-member, then lift the car, put a jack under the back of the trans, and roll it out

 

Yah I might roll it back in with the wheels this time, just need to get it a little higher to do that, but it would probably be easier than worrying about the assembly rolling off the jack

 

hardest thing is geting tools on the K-member bolts, and lining up the studs at the top of the shocks, but not too bad,

 

things went pretty smoothly. for as much as we messed around, we made good time for first time effort. should be pretty quick if we'd ever needed to do it again. next time i think the wheels need to stay on imo. feel pretty accomplished with the progress we made.

 

ttt for the weekday crew

 

Did you use a chain or straps to hook to the hoist? I can't really see a good ploace to hook to the drivers side.

 

Boy I am glad I just put a lift in at my shop. lift the car up, un-bolt everything and the tranny and motor come out together. I would do it just for a head and cam install that easy

 

You suck...

 

thats awsome im glad you guys did it so easily

i need to buckle down and do the same thing

i just need a couple 30 racks and sme friends

 

When I did mine, I pulled the coolant overflow reservoir and the CAI. That leaves two large holes on each of the front frame horns that I rigged a heavy strap thru (you could use a chain) and hoisted the front of the car from the middle.

 

yup, works great

 

That's what I ended up doing!

 

I used a 3300lb tow strap (rated to 10000 lbs break strenght) and wrapped it around the front frame of the car (it's the boxed frame in front of the radiator).