lol, sounds excruciatingly fun! haha when i get a chance man, gotta get my own car back up and runnin first... lol

 

Thats cool with me, thanks David

 

it took us 12 hours to get that rear end out of that car!!!

 

Does that mean youre rady to get rid of the car yet????

 

I think I might have the rest of it sold to someone

 

lol, took us 16 for the first one... i did it with one roommate this last time and it took me 4 hours to take out the rear, the tank, put in the new fuel pump and put it all back together again.. haha. The 1st time is ALWAYS the funnest

 

Does that mean you'll be in the market for a van pretty soon?

 

That's more than an hour per bolt.

 

that's from the time he called me the day before to confirm that we were doing it

 

Really? Musta been a heck of a party, hehe. Dropping a 3rd Gen rear is 30-minutes MAX.

 

Well, you need some time to get the beer cold...

Start up the grill...

Pressurize the air compressor...

Watch the game on TV while you eat...

Then after the game you all stand around and watch one guy do all the work.

 

*yawn*

 

lo, you guys are funny, it doesnt take any time at all.. haha gotta do it monday/tuesday... yay!

 

hehehe

 

Ok guys... everything's gotta go

The 305 shortblock: $300

87 IROC roller: $50 comes with all my misc camaro parts-you buy you haul

16" IROC rims 85-87 series decent shape: $150

 

Seriously only 30 minutes? I plan on doing mine asap. I'm not so afraid anymore if that's as long as it takes to remove. Sorry 90_WS6_Formula, I can't tell if he's joking or serious.

 

The secret to doing the job quickly and without hassle is to LiquidWrench super-soak the nuts and bolts to be removed the day prior to removing. With the car up on jacks, two experienced people with impact tools can do it in about 20-minutes. A first-timer with hand tools might take most of the day. My son and I can do it in about an hour with hand tools, and it only takes that long because I have a bad back. No joke -- this is the easiest major component to remove on a 3rdGen.

 

GTP... it took Bruce, who has never done this, 45 minutes with hand tools. All I did was lay on the ground and plot how we were going to make fun of the situation and point at bolts. That's drop the rear end without mangling the ebrake system.

 

James, Ill be there tonight for the 'Maro. Ill give you a call as im leaving work.

 

I'll go get the title notarized today.

 

Damn. Schwartzy should feel like swingin from a tree after that one. IT took him and his THREE UTI buddies 16 FRIGGIN HOURS to swap the rear out of my car.

sorry... 13 hours and 3 hrs to swap his for mine.

Nice job Brucie. Commendable for a 1st timer.

 

I was thinking about that after we got the rear-end out of the IROC, how in the world DID it take that long?! There were seriously only like 7-8 bolts, we took the wheels off, lowered to the ground, and pulled it out from underneath. Me and my buddy left for his place around 12:15, and made it home before 2:30. And yeah, it was like a 20-30 minute drive........

 

well let's see... Him and 2 of his friends arrived around 9am. After checking out all the damage for about 20 min on my car, they got started. One of the guys went and passed out in his car for about 4 hours while him and his other bro were trying and unsuccessfully attempting to remove e-brake bolts. After failing to get them loose for about 2 hours, they moved on to other things.

I sat there drinking beer and getting pretty whacked the whole time watching them. I ordered pizza and **** later on and then eventually another couple of his friends came up from Avondale around 10pm to help. Nice drive at that time of night. You know where I live. After much crying like a pu55y from a severe dork he called his roommate, they got back to work.

He ended up driving it home w/out any e-brake @ 1:30am.

I was pretty beat myself. I drank MUCH beer that day and tired myself out watching them!!!.

Those bastards also got grease on my carpet en route to the crapper!!! But that's OK, the carpet in my living room's been replaced since then.

 

Well, I guess that does explain it

 

Nice doing business with ya again James

 

305 shortblock: Fresh rebuild: $300.. you can't have the machine work done for that.

16" IROC rims $150

 

AHEM!! Bastard!, singular, i was the only one that messed up the carpet! lol, i just did my LS1 rear conversion and everything, 2 hours, old out, new in, brakes bled, new bushings on EVERYTHING... everything but the e-brake done cuz i need to get a custom bracket made... practice makes perfect!

 

AWESOME!! So that means you're still thinking about headed out here Mon/Tues?

 

i work on tuesday... :-( week after next ill be out, not halloween, but the following monday/tuesday

 

Can't wait that long. Looks like I'm going in for a solo attempt. Might have a couple extra hands though (I think BigWhiteGTP and Snflupigus were interested) so hopefully it won't be too painful. I just need to stop driving this beast with 10mpg around!

 

lol, i know the feeling... im driving an 89 Sierra SLX with like 4.55 rear gears.... lol

 

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