What is your fastest time to pull an engine, install another and drive it away?

Kern Dog said
I was at a Mopar car club meeting last night and I asked this question. One dude said his best time was 45 minutes. I called bullshit on that.
Come on, man....be realistic. Even with an automatic car if you're really fast, have air tools or cordless stuff, that is draining and removing a radiator, disconnecting a torque converter and bell housing, starter, all front end engine accessories, motor mount bolts, disconnecting all wiring, maybe unbolting the exhaust manifolds from the heads, disconnecting the fuel line, KD linkage, throttle cable and vacuum line to the brake booster, removing the engine and then reversing ALL of that while also getting it started up and driving out.
There is no way you are 45 minutes fast with a new cam.
No way you'd do it even with an engine with the distributor in place and already set to proper timing, full of oil and oil filter in place.
Now if this were a VW Beetle, maybe.....

More than maybe with a VW Beetle. In my younger days, Those were about all I worked on. There used to be a Bug-In car show, drag race, swap meet at OCIR (Orange County International Raceway) at El Toro, Ca. They had a engine pulling contest too. You had to drive up, put the car on stands, pull the engine, roll it back over a line 10ft (I think, maybe 20ft), roll it back under the car, jack it back up in place, hook everything back up, lower it down, and drive away. Even though I never was able to enter the contest, I practiced at work. I modified a floor jack to securely hold the engine from falling off, found the best tools for the job, and also the best car to use (a 1967 Beetle). My best time in practice was 2 minutes and 17 seconds. Oh to be 22 years old again! :lol: