Engine off to its new owner
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Engine off to its new owner
I sold my engine to brando1118 here on the forum this summer. He was not in a rush to do the swap until the fall. We meet up today just north of Charlotte NC to get the engine to him. I stuffed the engine and 3 boxes of engine parts in my Jeep and headed south on Saturday. We meet about noon and slide it out of my Jeep onto his buddies Ford pickup and loaded all the parts in. Had lunch together and he headed back to Ga. Wish we could have talked longer but they had to get back. He seemed pretty excited to get the motor and get it installed. I hope he has as much fun with it as I had. The motor makes a ton of power for a 385 cubic inch motor. Now it is full speed ahead with my LS3 install.
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Good luck with the new build.
(both of you guys )
I am also very thankful that none of my family members read this site.
Good luck with the new build.
(both of you guys )
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Hope you make it there safely. That is a very dangerous thing to do. We had a young kid, first year university student had his snow tires in the car when he had a minor mishap last week. The flying tires killed him. That strap won't do anything if things get out of shape.
Years ago I had just a bare block in the back of my Dad's station wagon. Hit the brakes hard and saw the block sliding forward. Stuck my hand back to stop it from sliding into the back of the front seat and nearly broke my arm.
Remember, play safe.
Steve g
Years ago I had just a bare block in the back of my Dad's station wagon. Hit the brakes hard and saw the block sliding forward. Stuck my hand back to stop it from sliding into the back of the front seat and nearly broke my arm.
Remember, play safe.
Steve g
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Hope you make it there safely. That is a very dangerous thing to do. We had a young kid, first year university student had his snow tires in the car when he had a minor mishap last week. The flying tires killed him. That strap won't do anything if things get out of shape.
Years ago I had just a bare block in the back of my Dad's station wagon. Hit the brakes hard and saw the block sliding forward. Stuck my hand back to stop it from sliding into the back of the front seat and nearly broke my arm.
Remember, play safe.
Steve g
Years ago I had just a bare block in the back of my Dad's station wagon. Hit the brakes hard and saw the block sliding forward. Stuck my hand back to stop it from sliding into the back of the front seat and nearly broke my arm.
Remember, play safe.
Steve g
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It is hopefully back in Ga in his garage now. Those straps are rated for something like 5000 lbs. I know anything is possible but that is why it was on the passenger side. If it went it was going by me hopefully not at me. Anything can happen you just do the best you can and try and strap it down as best you can. I left plenty of room driving down here in front of me. That was the only thing that concerned me if I had to lay on the brakes or if I ran into something. It was on a set of feet so it was very stable on the floor of the Jeep.
The strap wouldn't have broken, the engine would have slipped out of it in a second. Loads almost never shift back, usually forward because we are more likely to find ourself stopping much faster than we will ever take off (vehicles are capable of stopping under their own valition faster than they can accelerate and hitting a standing object stops them quite quickly). Expecting it to shift straight forward and through the passenger side window is wishful thinking. If you left the road that stuff would have bounced around in that cabin like a marble rattling around in a box.
As much as we try to anticipate it, $hit happens. Lots of times small $hit that means nothing, but something like that can turn it into a tragic event. Who would think that hitting the brakes hard and a minor fender bender with your snow tires in the car could kill you.
Don't mean to rag, but I've seen too many fatalaties on the highway to think it only happens to someone else.Just trying to point out to anyone reading that might not have considered the danger.
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I drive 40K a year and have for 27 years. If my times comes it will come weather I have a motor or not in the car. Yea in a rollover probably would not survive anyway. Sometimes you just have to live on the risky side. 
From the crap I have seen pulled, strapped down and dragged along the highway this is on the low risk side.
From the crap I have seen pulled, strapped down and dragged along the highway this is on the low risk side.
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Dang it.
I don't know how I missed this post! Anyway, I am working hard to get everything back together. I can't wait to fire this thing up.
Just a quick statement to thank Gordon for his generosity in sharing his knowledge and helping me by answering ALL of my crazy questions. It was great to finally meet in person and sit down and grab lunch. Good luck with the LS swap G. I'm looking forward to more pics!!
I don't know how I missed this post! Anyway, I am working hard to get everything back together. I can't wait to fire this thing up.
Just a quick statement to thank Gordon for his generosity in sharing his knowledge and helping me by answering ALL of my crazy questions. It was great to finally meet in person and sit down and grab lunch. Good luck with the LS swap G. I'm looking forward to more pics!!
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I picked the engine up with a hoist and managed to get most of it in the Jeep with the hoist. I set it down and just slide it back far enough to get the gate closed and secured. Once there they had a pickup truck and the beds wera almost the same height. We slide it from my Jeep onto the gate and into his pickup. All went well.
Brandon, lunch was great and we could have talked for hours more but I knew you two had to be on your way. Any questions with the install just let me know. I have only been home a day and a half since I saw you so not to much was done. Just trial fitted the AC. The headers and radiator are on there way now. I'll post up some more pictures when I get a little further along.
Brandon, lunch was great and we could have talked for hours more but I knew you two had to be on your way. Any questions with the install just let me know. I have only been home a day and a half since I saw you so not to much was done. Just trial fitted the AC. The headers and radiator are on there way now. I'll post up some more pictures when I get a little further along.
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