<VV> Re: Engine Install Advice

[vairologist@juno.com]

> From: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf@msn.com>
> Subject: RE: <VV> Engine install advice and an update
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       You must raise the car rather high (and steep, if the front 
> wheels are on the ground) to get the powertrain in and under.   But
don't try to raise it ALL 
> THE WAY. Bring them together closer to the "middle" - that is, once the
 powertrain is
> in place under the car, lower the car some. You'll find the best 
> spot somewhere in between, not way up there where you had to put the
car 
> to get the powertrain under it.
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Smitty says: I disagree.  In the first place you only have to raise the
rear 21 inches at the grill sill, which isn't exactly way up there.  (and
that is with the engine sitting on a 4" high jack).  In the second place
I would rather not start jacking around on a car that was already raised
and stable, with my engine sitting under it.  In the third place I am not
a very big person but I enjoy all the room I can get while finishing the
hookup on the engine.