Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
Well, I swapped the engine on my lawnmower in under 20 minutes...
What is your fastest time to pull an engine, install another and drive it away?
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middleagecrisis
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1-day, by myself, consisting of: Pulling the engine that had swallowed a Holley baseplate screw, removing the damaged rod/piston and taking it to a machine shop to have old pressed off and new piston pressed on, put it back together, stab engine and got it running/driving. Ran as good as it did before the screw was swallowed. Keep in mind I was 25 years old back then. Nowadays that would be a solid 6-8 month job.
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
A bit off-topic, but I have to ask:
You're probably aware, but like I said; I have to ask.
I assume since you had to use the Hughes fuel pump adapter that the cam is a Magnum shaft- did you take into consideration the rocker ratio difference between the Magnum and the LA (1.6 vs 1.5) when you put it into your roller LA? Total lift will be a bit less than advertised.
You're probably aware, but like I said; I have to ask.
The numbers on the back of the cam led me to a listing on the Hughes site. The specs were listed for 1.5 ratio, I worked the math using 1.6 to arrive at the .544 number.
This cam was in this engine when I got it. It ran strong in the previous owners 64 Valiant.
This cam was in this engine when I got it. It ran strong in the previous owners 64 Valiant.
JDMopar
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Back around 75 or 76, I swapped a 273 out of a 65 Barracuda and swapped another one back in....in about 4 hours. Did it in the street in front of a co-workers house. It was an automatic car, and I left the transmission in the car. I was 18 or 19 years old. He gave me $100 for the motor after hearing it run and another $100 to swap it in. I thought I was rich....lol.
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.....
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.....
Many, many, many years ago we would go street racing on Friday nights. If we had problems, we would pull an all nighter to get it back out for Saturday's racing. Again if we had problems, we would spend Saturday night and Sunday putting things right to go to work the next week, only to do it again the next weekend. I can't tell you how many engines, transmissions, clutches and rearends we worked over on weekends. Alas, I am WAY to old to even contemplate something like that.
Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
In my Town there was a pair of brothers with friends that would rent a car, strip it down, install their drive train in it, race it all weekend a NE. Dragway, then reassemble and return. They were the Benevento brothers.
I'll be going to over Greg's to help with the swap. We should be able to do it in one day. Thank goodness he has a lift.
1WildRT
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Bring plenty of Beer and Bandages...
And Motrin.Bring plenty of Beer and Bandages...
I will not be using the lift. This will be a fairly simple job of plucking just the engine out from the top. I've done this without even taking the hood off.
cudamark
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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!
That is absolutely amazing.
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