[Gmecm] SAturn engine swap

[Andrew Gibson]

Are you guys crazy? Having done 3 of these engines I can seak from experience. THEY DO NOT COME OUT THE TOP! You can get an automatic engine out the top if you are very agressive with a BIG prybar and don't mind gouging the trans bellhousing. Getting it back in doesn't happen. Manual trans, forget it. If you will notince the 3/4 inch space between the accessory pullies on the front of the motor and the 2" of the trans that go under the driver's framerail. This adds up the 1 1/4 " that you have to wedge to some out the top with the trans. If you leave the auto trans in you get down to about 1/2". Still not happening without breaking something.
   
  Going out the bottom is not bad. You still have to disconnect the wiring harness. The radiator must be supported with bailing wire to prevent it from breaking. And you unbolt the struts leaving the axles, trans and everything else on the cradle. The biggest challenge is getting the body lifted up high enough. Typically this requires a hoist or major creativity with a floor jack and cinder blocks. The last one I did took 4 1/2 hours out the bottom.

		
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