What is your fastest time to pull an engine, install another and drive it away?
No record. I had just finished restoring my Fastback and right away I was having overheating issues, this was a proven engine not a fresh one. It was a week before the Fall Fling in Van Nuys and I pulled into the driveway steaming away, I left it running and sprayed water through the grill to help cool it down. I shut it off and checked, oil in the coolant and coolant in the oil, milkshake. The next couple days I got the engine in the Fastback ready to pull. third day pulled it. The next day I got the engine in my Valiant (also a 273) ready to pull. Friday morning I pull the engine from the Valiant (made an attempt to clean it) and put it in the Barracuda a few hours late Max @mvh shows up and we button it up and hit the road. We had about 120 miles to the hotel in a car that hasn't seen more than a few miles at a time and with an engine that was just dropped in.
Alan
No record. I had just finished restoring my Fastback and right away I was having overheating issues, this was a proven engine not a fresh one. It was a week before the Fall Fling in Van Nuys and I pulled into the driveway steaming away, I left it running and sprayed water through the grill to help cool it down. I shut it off and checked, oil in the coolant and coolant in the oil, milkshake. The next couple days I got the engine in the Fastback ready to pull. third day pulled it. The next day I got the engine in my Valiant (also a 273) ready to pull. Friday morning I pull the engine from the Valiant (made an attempt to clean it) and put it in the Barracuda a few hours late Max @mvh shows up and we button it up and hit the road. We had about 120 miles to the hotel in a car that hasn't seen more than a few miles at a time and with an engine that was just dropped in.
Alan