OK it has been a long weekend! LOL Father wasn't able to get down to assist, but the show must go on! After getting a lifting strap wrapped around the stock motor, I took a little of the weight off od the stock motor mounts. Oddly enough, there is only 1 nut holding the engine on the motor mount on either side..... and I might add that it was not on there tight at all ..... hand tight at best. Scary, but good for my cause. After lifting the engine a little, I used a little back and forth rocking to get the mounts free and the engine popped right out. unfortunately I had a power steering hose hooked around something and broke it (the eng that screws into the rack is TINY. Doesn't look like a big deal though. Its a hose with a compression fitting on one end that it clamped on and not screwed on. I will just purchase a new one.
With that being said, not a bad job for doing it my self. With the engine out, I took the opportunity to roll it out into the driveway and carefully spray down the engine bay. Its a fairly new car so not really that dirty, but just to make it a less dirty job when I swap out the K member. While the Saleen was out in the sun drying, I took the time to clean out the garage a little and store the Saleen stock engine out of the way. I still need to pull the temperature sender, oil pressure sender, and oil temperature sender and install them on the Cammer engine, but have decided to do the K member first. Honestly with the Mod motor out and the radiator out, it looks to be a huge space!
I want to remove some of the refrigerant lines that will no longer be used, also I want to keep but plug the heater tubes (with Forida Sun and a 427 SOHC, I seriously doubt I will ever have a need for warm feet or defrosters!!!!
Anyway, I just need to see if they are coil overs in the front of the car or if they are traditional springs in which case I will prob need to rent 2 spring compression tools from Autozone. Just a little update.
