So Final step - putting the engine in the car!!
On this engine install, I will be installing from the bottom of the car and then lift the engine into place with a engine crane. I hired a engine crane from HSS for only 32.00 for a complete weekend. So before I started on the engine install I needed to do some prep work.
1. Put the exhaust wrap on the exhaust manifold.
Items required - exhaust manifold, High Temperature wrap and Stainless Steel High Temperature Ties.
After about 60 minutes of fun putting the wrap on here is the end result.
As I bought a new gearbox, some parts needed to be taken off my old gearbox and transfered over. I needed to add the rear engine mount braket studs into the gearbox. I did this by used two nuts tightened together and then put spanner on both and turned to loosen them off of the old gearbox and then add to new gearbox (see pictures below)
I then added the new fuel injectors onto the fuel pipes and then added these to the engine
I then repainted the engine mounts for gearbox and front mount - wasn't happy with last spray results
So now I jacked up the front of the car and put two large axle stands on the front, so it was high enough to slide the engine under and then I put two small axle stands on the rear. I then took off all the wheels and filled the brake lines with brake fluid and then bleed the brakes.
I now moved the engine under the car and into the middle of the engine bay
I now removed the drivers side complete brake set-up with the drive
shaft and also removed the front anti roll bar as these items would
of been in the way of lifting the engine into place.
Now the engine is under the engine bay, time to add the rear engine
mount and the raceland manifold, I then added the raceland adapter
to the end of the middle section of the exhaust still on the car.
I then rolled the engine crane over the engine bay and roped the
engine to the crane and lifted up the engine into place. First - driver
side engine mount, then the rear engine mount and then
passengers side.(The front engine mount will be added when the
start motor is added)
This method of installation I find easier, as I can control engine better and I didn't scratch any of the engine bay paintwork of engine
Now I had the engine in place, I then connected up the Raceland manifold to the rest of the exhaust. Next putting back the drivers side complete brake set-up with the driveshaft and also the front anti roll bar. Then bolting up the drive shafts - adding grease and then adding new bolt.
I then spent the next 3 hours, running all the cables to the engine and added all the remaining engine parts, so it looks like this now.
I'm really please with the results.
I also spent a while setting up the engine so it was running nicely
