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I got it covered! 
i have always done mine via the Top. Never had access to a garage where I could back it half way out and use a cherry picker and lift up the body.
Just disconnect the trans, harness, lines, and remove the front radiator/ac set up, exhaust manifolds and pull her out. You can remove the intake to give some clearence and its not hard to remove those. Just becareful of the oil pressure sending unit.
Just disconnect the trans, harness, lines, and remove the front radiator/ac set up, exhaust manifolds and pull her out. You can remove the intake to give some clearence and its not hard to remove those. Just becareful of the oil pressure sending unit.
They come out thru the top with no problem. Taking it out thru the bottom sucks, you have to re-align the car every time that way, rebleed the brakes, and the car is now immobile, you can't move it around if you want to.
I'll take mine out the top, it's not that hard, you get under the car to drop the headers, starter and unplug everything you can, lower the car back on the ground, unhook everything that's on the motor (wiring harness, etc) then pull the radiator, pull the intake, then hook up a plate in place of the valley cover like the qtp plate, or make your own.... or use a chain across the front and back of the motor, and be done with it.
It's simple to do out the top, I don't think for a minute that it's any quicker out the top vs the bottom... either way it probably takes about the same time, but in the long run it's less work to do it out the top for sure.
After doing it both ways on these cars.. I can speak from experience.
I'll take mine out the top, it's not that hard, you get under the car to drop the headers, starter and unplug everything you can, lower the car back on the ground, unhook everything that's on the motor (wiring harness, etc) then pull the radiator, pull the intake, then hook up a plate in place of the valley cover like the qtp plate, or make your own.... or use a chain across the front and back of the motor, and be done with it.
It's simple to do out the top, I don't think for a minute that it's any quicker out the top vs the bottom... either way it probably takes about the same time, but in the long run it's less work to do it out the top for sure.
After doing it both ways on these cars.. I can speak from experience.
How do those guys w/o lift out in record time.
Show us videotape
I done on my Ls2 Camaro using lift up and easy job....
Show us videotapeI done on my Ls2 Camaro using lift up and easy job....
Last edited by Jeff Smith; Jan 13, 2010 at 09:09 AM.
I dunno about the 45 min, alone taking my time, I can get a motor out in a day, but I'm talking a stock motor with everything on it. It's still a job no matter. I forgot to mention dropping the tranny x member and tranny off. Not a huge deal, but still needs to be done.
I'll get pic's of my car up when it's back from the chassis shop, when I'm done, the motor/tranny will come out together out the top, and it might be possible to do it in 45 min, but that's a different deal, with everything that a street car has on it being gone.
I'll get pic's of my car up when it's back from the chassis shop, when I'm done, the motor/tranny will come out together out the top, and it might be possible to do it in 45 min, but that's a different deal, with everything that a street car has on it being gone.