This is weird.
I just took a picture of my car to show the y-pipe clearance and while working on tweaking the picture a little bit, I noticed that the front of the car looks like it's been raised.

Take a look at the picture here.
Wouldn't you say the gap between the wheel and the fender is kinda big? Wonder what would cause that.
I swapped the engine in this car by taking the k-member off and unbolted the k-member again a few times afterwards, but everything went back in just fine. Any ideas?

 

As I recall, your car has been on jack-stands for a while. Once you start driving the car the suspension should settle back to its normal height. Or raise the hood, stand on the radiator support and bounce up and down a few times...it'll work!

 

ummm....did you put the engine back in it ? haha...hey wolf could you send me a link or some tips on the k-member method for engine swap. I did mine about 2 months ago through the top and swore I'd never do it again. thanks in advance.

 

carlos64030,
Yep, you're right. I completely forgot about the car sitting on jackstands for a couple of weeks. I've been driving it for a week already so I thought it should've been OK by now, but we'll see what happens later.



Brettinator,
I've never done it through the top, and it was pretty easy doing it through the bottom, so I won't do it any other way. I did it entirely by myself, so you can imagine that it couldn't be that hard, especially if you have someone helping and have more room than I did.

Here's a picture of my swap in progress.

As for instructions, here's a really good guide on how to do it.

 

Thanks Wolf that's awesome, I seldom trust anyone to do any work on my car outside of machine work. The top install was a major pain due to the cab over setup. Then stabbing the engine mounts was a major job, I swore I'd never do it again that way. But with some certain tools besides the hyd-cherry picker like an adjustable horizontal tool that moves the motor up or back that would have helped get it under the windshield at least easier. I learned a lot about working on these monsters doing the engine, still recuperating from it...but my mule Peppe's worth it when she cranks up .

 

I would say that looks close to normal for stock. Must have been why I lowered mine.

 

Madwolf, how in gods name did you get the car that high?

 

Those are the Jet Hot LTs you put on right?

Is that the Hooker Y? Did it fit? looks good.

 

Your suspension hasn't set in jounce on the car a couple times and it should drop. I hat that crap. I have the Coil overs and every time I raise or lower it that throws me off and it's hard to get the height right.

 

Ion..... actually that looks normal dude. Looks like a regular stock height Camaro. Actually, some I see on the street look higher than that.

Hey did you get the PCM???? You didn't let me know.

 

Took 2 ramps, 2 jackstands, 3 blocks, 2 jacks and a pair of bal...oops.

SJS,
I got the PCM yesterday. Hawaii mail is slow....