Installing the FE in a car

[garyv]

Where are most of you guys attaching your lifting chains or straps?
On the exhaust manifold bolts, intake or front of the heads. I see in a few pics it
looks like only 2 or 3 attachment points but hard to tell from the pics.
I think Ford used the exhaust manifold bolts in the factory.
I am thinking of using the exhaust manifolds with 2 on either side front and rear so I
can tilt the engine.
What you guys think?
garyv

[My427stang]

Any 3/8 bolt I can find

Typically front and rear of one head, but not against an longer intake manifold bolt threaded in all the way either.

[Stangman]

Paulie I used to do it your way for year and Ross put up those pictures and I just dropped my 485 into my 67 Stang and in half hour I was looking at it sitting in its new home, the way me and you were doing it it would take at least two and a half hours if you didn't want to scratch everything that you cleaned and painted I used to have nightmares about the bottom bolt on #7 cylinder with hooker 6114, that one bolt is almost as long as the whole install the new way. You will be very happy

[ScotiaFE]

Where are most of you guys attaching your lifting chains or straps?
On the exhaust manifold bolts, intake or front of the heads. I see in a few pics it
looks like only 2 or 3 attachment points but hard to tell from the pics.
I think Ford used the exhaust manifold bolts in the factory.
I am thinking of using the exhaust manifolds with 2 on either side front and rear so I
can tilt the engine.
What you guys think?
garyv

I use the head bosses. And a tilt and leave it connected until the headers are done.
You gotta do some wiggling to get headers then the starter on a Fairlane.

[plovett]

Paulie, nothing wrong with your way, except that I have been inside drinking Crown and Diet Coke hours while you are still tightening header bolts

Well, last time I took the engine out it was specifically to put it on the engine dyno so I just took the engine out by itself.  I think it took me less than two hours to get it back in and bolted up.  Well, that likely didn't include all 32 header bolts.   I probably took a beer break before doing that.   

So point taken.   I'll likely try it as a whole unit next time, like you guys are suggesting.  Bolting the flexplate to the converter IS kind of a pain when the tranny is already in.

paulie

[bn69stang]

when i put the 428 in the 69 the first time , it went in complete water pump to scatter shield , both fpa s on and it slid right in . This time i will try it with the tremec attached , i have made my changes on the motor and it s ready , the new tremec is still in the box . I am going to trim my shock towers , similar to boss nine and put a new suspension on , then drop the whole enchilada in .. then crown n coke for sure .. Bud