modding your engine hoist

time for the 5.3 to go together

today we made some room, pushed the cars back, had to replace the caster wheel on the engine hoist, then we moved the painted 5.3, installed valvesprings, studded the motor, removing one head bolt at a time then installing the studs, once the studs and springs were installed we did the cam. This time after pulling the balancer i used a LS7 crank bolt wich is longer than a truck bolt, pulled the balancer right on no problem then you finish with the truck bolt, man this worked so well i dont know why i have never done it, like it was meant to do it, crazy how i have never heard of it till my friend john said something about it, thats the way he does it.

either way the motor is back in the yellow car already with the reiners engine mounts ready for the turbo kit tomorrow.

studded my 6.0

tonight i threw in my chinese head studs into this painted pretty junkyard 6.0
getting ready to pickup the surprise next project car saturday morning, here are some shots of the pretty head stud install process

test stand / engine stand / ecu testing stand

trying to get this working so i can fire motors and we can see if they are good or not before putting them in cars.