hey i say lets tear this town down man i have spring fever bad jack........ i am going stir crazy... i need to run this car hard today.... gotta release this pent up energy......

 

lol i would but I'm actually getting sick. trying to kill it before it gets worse!

I will bring you that valve cover today

 

cool.... i think you need a lil grandpa's medicine.... good to go after that..............

 

some more for your wake up.....

 

I see your busy as always! lol

 

na i am actually awake and moving.... washed the car already, about do another.... i swear ella must have dumped a half sack of amp down my throat......

 

lol your you got some last night!

 

actually i didnt she is sick.... nothing abnormal last night or this morn.... soon as i woke up i tidied the house... then i came in and havent stopped racing around the shop.... got the tunes going....

 

look at you being all "Suzy Homemaker" and ****!

 

lol what can i say.......................

 

guess your under the desk today then right?? lol

 

hells no...........

 

lol sure your not!

 

no way bubba!!!!

 

Damn GM and their stupid fixation on using torx bolts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

what u doin?

 

I was gonna have my motor all tore down tonight but the head has a couple torx bolts that are holding me back

 

Quit being a bitch

 

hmmmmmmmmm i c what u doin tomorow?around 330

 

nothing much. probably just lounging around I guess

 

I feel your pain man. Worst kind of bolt ever.

 

lol ya the only draw back to GM!

 

In light of the recent builds going on and the updates I have seen. I, by some for of magic or the drugz in the water have found motivation to rip that motor apart.

Here's a before which was about novemberish:



and this happened over the course of a day and a half, just a few issues with stupid Torx heads as you have probably read!
January:


I think I should have the crank out by monday and the pistons will follow shortly after. I leave for work on tuesday so I'll have to find a good engine shop when I get back.

Jonathan, I didn't forget about your post and will check those guys you mentioned out as soon as I can! Thanks for the help, All of you!

 

Wheres the damn like button??? How was the motor pull to do? I haven't dont mine yet. Just the head. Going to do the swap all in one shot when my new motor is assembled. I did a clutch swap though and that was easy as hell. Much more to the motor coming out??

 

well we dropped the whole subframe. it came out of jrmotorsports old car that got totaled. 1 subframe bolt wouldn't come out as the nut holding it broke loose inside the frame on the passenger side so we had to cut the control arm and the subframe.

In the LSJ build book, they drop the subframe and do everything from there, that's how I am going to do my swap this summer.

pulling the motor and trans off the subframe wasn't that bad. there's just some bolts that you might not see the first time around. it just takes time and alot of patience!