forever alone

 

needs pic of Cheston in the engine bay

 

Was it hard to pull the motor with the shroud still in place?

 

you mean strut bar

 

ya i think he means strut bar...i believe they removed the bar itself but left the mounts when the pulled it.

 

thats what it would look like if they used a lift and dropped tranny/ngine from underneath. (smart way) No way you are doing it like that with a cherry picker (the way I have to do it in my 1 car garage )

 

Mods, please change thread title to : " my 2012 and Beyond! build thread."

 

die in a fire

 

Sorry I meant the radiator support shroud not the strut bar. I saw the pic where they were using a cherry picker and pulled the motor from the top. So they just dropped the tranny first and then pulled the motor?

The reason I ask is because I'm trying to pull mine but I was going to remove the rad support and pull it all at once.

 

if u got access to a lift just drop it out the bottom XD

 

Hey thats my line.....so dont use it again without my permission...you got it

 

it is not, i've been on the internet longer.


Also guys, eta for motor to be back in the car is 1-2weeks. The builder who is doing the work on my engine formely worked at HKS and now works at Cosworth. One of the perks of dealing with GearHeinz. =)

 

good turn around time im envious! took my machinist 7 weeks >.>

 

ya it probably would of been quicker but i was waiting on some of the parts. they pressure tested the heads and they are fine so no headwork is needed woo.

 

I didn't follow this thread, so can you give a quickie on why the felt they needed to pressure test the head? Is this a motor you popped in the past or something?

 

looken forward to seeing some numbers when its back together!

 

Yea popped few weeks ago. Stock motor only had about 11,000 miles on it. if the motor had high miles i would of considered some valvetrain upgrades but since my goals are very modest and the heads are fine i decided against it.

 

That makes sense then.
11k miles? damn did you ever even drive your car? I though mine was babied with 44k on it since 04.

 

I have 40k on the odometer, the motor was replaced due to oil consumption at 28k or 29k.

 

i bought my car new in jan 07