Engine SwapEverything about swapping an engine into your Third Gen.....be it V6, V8, LTX/LSX, crate engine, etc. Pictures, questions, answers, and work logs.
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Sure you can drop them in together...that's how I did mine. It made it a lot easier. Just make sure you have a friend with you to help guide the transmission in place.
__________________ 1988 Firebird
Originally 5.0L TBI/700R4 Mods: ENGINE GMPP 350 HO Engine, Edelbrock Air-Gap intake, Holley 600 double-pumper carburetor, electric choke, K&N 14X3 drop base air cleaner, Russell braided fuel line & fittings, Accel HEI distributor, Accel Super-Coil, MSD 8.5mm wires, heater valve relocation, GM 8" balancer, LT1 mini-starter, 180* thermostat, Flex-A-Lite fan control, L98 dual cooling fans, Hedman HTC shorty headers, Hedman y-pipe, Pacesetter 3" catback TRANSMISSION T56 6-Speed, RAM clutch, Spohn crossmember, Dakota Digital SGI-5 SUSPENSION 17X8" Chrome Iroc Wheels, 245/45/17 Ultra HPR Radial G/T tires EXTERIOR
Trans Am bumper front and rear covers and ground effects, grid taillights, Formula hood
Thats what I was hoping to hear. Did either of you do it with your manifolds or headers attached? I have SLP headers, but I have heard that they can have clearance issues with the brake lines and was curious if I should install them before or after installing the motor.
SB
__________________ Starting on Feb 12th? 89 IROC, 383, AFR 190s, SuperRam intake, 58mm tb, 219 cam, 1.6 RRs, SLP Headers, Mufflex 4" Exhaust, Random Cat, 2700 rpm converter, Electromotive TEC II, Spohn Torque arm, ls1 ds, lots of stereo stuff and a peeling paint job..
I tried to install my 355 and th350 in together with my Summit shortie headers bolted on, but there was no way that was going to happen. Ended up dropping the motor/trans in w/o the headers, then bolting them up later from underneath. good luck!
I installed mine seperately, but mainly because I was doing it by myself and didn't want to destroy anything in the way.
I'd plan on putting the headers on after it's in.My SLP's were pretty tight, especially on the driver's side.Ended up jacking the motor up a little off the mounts to drop that one in, before bolting it up.
-Rich-
I seen you boys with cameros doing swaps in one peice and I did my 86 bird in one peice but I ran into problems with the nose sticking out too far to get motor far enough back to slide over motor mounts, was it just a fake cherry picker (boom not long enough) or has this happened before? After the ordeal I went through I'll sell the car before I think about another engine swap.
I ran into the problem with the nose, the short cherry picker and the motor mounts. I had to jack up the tailshaft on the tranny and that brought it closerm to lining up with the mounts. Then I set the engine down on the middle of the mount and moved the hook further up on the engine chain. Lifted again and moved it back some more.
Repeated this a time or two and finally got it in there. Thanks to all for the advice.
SB
__________________ Starting on Feb 12th? 89 IROC, 383, AFR 190s, SuperRam intake, 58mm tb, 219 cam, 1.6 RRs, SLP Headers, Mufflex 4" Exhaust, Random Cat, 2700 rpm converter, Electromotive TEC II, Spohn Torque arm, ls1 ds, lots of stereo stuff and a peeling paint job..
We goofed by using one of those engine equilerizers so you could tilt the motor back & forth-that part worked great till it exploded (grandpa took hand crank off and welded double nut on so you could use an air impact to tilt it, weld broke) and dropped my motor/tranny about 3" luckily no damage-but we had the chains too short-so like you said we lowered it and lenghtened the chains to have some swing in it and that helped. I tell ya though, this motor swap was the most time consuming one I've ever attemped-alot of cussing and sweating. Just was'nt meant to be. (very long story) But like always it all worked out and I'm happy as hell so far.
Originally posted by SilentBob Thats what I was hoping to hear. Did either of you do it with your manifolds or headers attached? I have SLP headers, but I have heard that they can have clearance issues with the brake lines and was curious if I should install them before or after installing the motor.
SB
I put my engine in with the passenger side SLP header in place, but the driver side wouldn't go, had to remove the header.
