Pulling and swaping ls1 engine in an fbody
04-27-2008, 10:17 PM
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Pulling and swaping ls1 engine in an fbody Is there a way to lift the front of the car up off of the kmember using a chain hoist? I don't have a car lift but I do have a large chain hoist that would lift the front of the car high enough. where should I hook the hoist to to lift the front of the car with out damageing any thing?
04-27-2008, 10:44 PM
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i would think the front bumper support since it ties into both sides of the sub frame. That's what I'm planning on lifting from with my hoist when I put the new motor in.
04-27-2008, 10:47 PM
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If you find a post about this that gives the locatio to lift from let me know. I tried to search and all I found was how to remove the engine on a lift from the bottom.
04-27-2008, 10:51 PM
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so you pulled it out the top? how did you pull it from the top? I am guessing you removed the manifolds or headers, intake and heads? How did you attach to the engine to pull it out? I have a cherry picker and a large chain hoist thats set up on large steel I beams.
04-28-2008, 08:37 AM
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Pulling the motor/tranny from the top requires you to unbolt the headers, and remove all of the accesories off the front of the motor. Then I used a plate that bolts where the valley cover goes and pulled them right out.
Here's some pictures of how we did it on my brother's old camaro. I did it the same way on my TA though.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/716929/2
Here's some pictures of how we did it on my brother's old camaro. I did it the same way on my TA though.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/716929/2
04-28-2008, 03:20 PM
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Does some one sell the plate that you used? does any one have any info on using a hoist or cherry picker to lift the front of the car off of the engine and k member?
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05-01-2008, 02:18 AM
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I would definetly rather take it out the bottom but I don't have a lift. I do have a cherry picker and a large chain hoist mounted about 10 feet above the ground. I have been trying to see whats the best way to hook up to the front of the car to lift it.
05-13-2008, 09:03 AM
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You have to take off all the accesories down to the block to get it out though.
