[IsaacCarlson]

The motor is out!

There was only 1/8" of clearance to get it out too. The hoist works perfectly. The guy I got it from had the legs on the wrong sides so it wouldn't roll. I think that is why he sold it. I swapped the lags and it rolled just fine. I am going to try to get the 3800 out tomorrow and then I can get to work putting new gaskets in it and checking it over. I will check the compression and adjust the valves. I will lap the valves if they need it, but the motor is very strong so I will check the compression and go from there.

I am excited to be this far already. My brother came over to help me make some more room around the car so I can set thew two engines next to each other. I still need to pull the dash out of both cars and scavenge the necessary wires. The control arms need new bushings and the ball joints need to be replaced.

The 3800 should be easy to pull since it is more self contained and there is more room around it. I should be able to separate it from the transmission before pulling it and save some work. Here are some pics.

OH...both exhaust systems will get pulled too. The olds system will be reworked to fit under the sunfire.