this is the cleanest my engine will ever be! This is how to put a motor in without a cherry picker, I wouldn't do it anyother way!!! Check out the homemade crossmember too!!

 

looks good, i was thinging about making a crossmember myself

 

what did you do....push the car up to the motor?

 

lowered the car down to the motor, it works like a charm every time!!!

 

too much work if u ask me... i rather push a cherry picker and lower like i always do.. and dont take me that long....
btw waht did u used to clean that engine????

 

looks like chrome spray paint to me


derek

 

i heard that. screw cherry pickers

 

what did you use to polish that tranny? or is it Tijuana Chrome spray paint?

and why didn't you polish your Intake mani to match?


[Modified by thumpu77, 10:05 PM 1/22/2003]

 

Acutally I tried it on my last rebuild since I didn't have a cherry picker. Its the same amount of work. I'll probably do it this way from now on.


[Modified by gtcali, 7:21 AM 1/23/2003]

 

whats has to be yanked off? just bumper?

 

Actually on some cars you have to remove the entire front suspension -as one- to get a new engine in.. I'm talking about Peugeot 205's.. So it's no so odd as it seems

205 T16 engine swap (200hp in 1875lbs chassis)

 

bumper, rad, rad support....

 

Bah...Cherry pickers own me. You cant just swing a car around to 'adjust it' mid swap like you can with a picker.

-Bubb

 

that's why you make an "enginer holder" that has casters on it. i'll have take some pics of my ghetto *** holder that i made out of wood.

 

[QUOTE]Actually on some cars you have to remove the entire front suspension -as one- to get a new engine in.. I'm talking about Peugeot 205's.. So it's no so odd as it seems

205 T16 engine swap (200hp in 1875lbs chassis)

the 2002 civics and rsx's are that way too.

 

I got by with just taking out the cross member. Oh and the radiator


[Modified by gtcali, 12:41 PM 1/23/2003]

 

i see it this way..
would i rather: remove bumper, radiator support, crossmember, lower car, then move engine in, and all that

or

push a cherry picker in, lower the engine., bolt it in , and go... u avoid all the hassle of removing and installing stuff.. at least u dont have to install all that crap back in....

IMO cherry picker rules! so much easier if u know how to do it... i can yank an engine in 5 minutes into place with a CP.. and got fottage to prove it... just dont know ho to make a vid off it....

bottom line... avoid xtra work....

 

clean engine bays own you!

 

didnt even mask the shocks though!!

 

i started doing it without a cherry picker simply because i don't have room to move one around. and all that i remove extra is my radiator and crossmember and radius rods. anytime i've put a motor in w/ the cherry picker i usually take the radiator out anyways. to each his own. i just like it my way!

 

This swap I'm painting my engine bay (When ever it gets nice out), whats the best way to put the motor in without scratching the bay up? The last 4 times I've done it with engine / tranny through the top with all mounts attatched, it's usually a struggle but it gets done in the end.

 

the shocks were changed.it looks more like this now

 

until you break the TPS connector on the back of the manifold.

and you ever try putting a b series in with a cherry picker??? talk about an extreme angle to put that thing in...

 

just be careful and do it right..
and yes i have... i have even helped swaping a B16A1 into a del sol for this ignorant guy that wanted a A1 instead of an A2 bc it was cheaper....and it was all tilted and ****..... but yeah .....if u like it ur way

 

Wish I would've thought of that method when I was doing swaps, maybe I should've just bought a hoist for the money I spent renting them!!!!

for sharing