It's been over two months since I blew my head gasket and since I have had it ported,polished, bowled, deck, block rebuild, ported lower intake, plenums, exhaust manifolds and T-body; replaced almost every gasket known to man, and of course removed the air silencer. And in this process degreased, cleaned, polished, and painted/detailed almost everything in the engine compartment.
Yesterday was the day. I took my completed engine from the backyard to the front driveway to install it. When I first tried to lift the engine from the hoist, the hoisting brackets in the engine were bending like a pretzel, so plan B was a chain bolted to the backside of either head and a strong nylon strap tied around my harmonic balancer/jackshaft pulley. It worked but I had this POS engine hoist that had too short of a boom. We tried in vane to get the motor mount lined up
Today was a better day. I borrow a massive hoist from a friend that made the install a piece of cake. Today I got the motor mounts bolted up as well as the exhaust pipes, torque converter, and tranny bolts. Tomorrow I'm gonna try to finnish up and crank her over!
I feel such a sense of accomplishment and a gain in knowledge about the SC. I feel there's almost nothing I don't know about my car since I've worked on it so intimately these past two months.
Thanks for reading. I just wanted to share this w/ my SC brethren
Now being this is my first engine install. Is there any tips or pitfalls to watch out for as I am hooking up the rest of the engine and once I crank it over for the first time?
Peace,
Metalman
next immediate mods-Intercooler fan and 3.55 rear gear. I already have both. Just have to put them on now.
Yesterday was the day. I took my completed engine from the backyard to the front driveway to install it. When I first tried to lift the engine from the hoist, the hoisting brackets in the engine were bending like a pretzel, so plan B was a chain bolted to the backside of either head and a strong nylon strap tied around my harmonic balancer/jackshaft pulley. It worked but I had this POS engine hoist that had too short of a boom. We tried in vane to get the motor mount lined up
Today was a better day. I borrow a massive hoist from a friend that made the install a piece of cake. Today I got the motor mounts bolted up as well as the exhaust pipes, torque converter, and tranny bolts. Tomorrow I'm gonna try to finnish up and crank her over!
I feel such a sense of accomplishment and a gain in knowledge about the SC. I feel there's almost nothing I don't know about my car since I've worked on it so intimately these past two months.
Thanks for reading. I just wanted to share this w/ my SC brethren
Now being this is my first engine install. Is there any tips or pitfalls to watch out for as I am hooking up the rest of the engine and once I crank it over for the first time?
Peace,
Metalman
next immediate mods-Intercooler fan and 3.55 rear gear. I already have both. Just have to put them on now.