Remove engine

[fred bloggs]

So after 140000 miles of abuse my LS1 is smoking, and yes it is rings.

It’s nearly out , does any one know if it can come off the t56 gearbox without moving the steering rack.
Reason I ask is I have proflow headers making removing the rack painful, and I’d ideally want to leave the box in the car as I’m doing it on my own.

Edited by fred bloggs on Monday 24th June 18:07

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The box has been out before, probably twice. It had an ls7 clutch in it when I put in the twin plate.

Looks like I’ll just drop the rack.
The drivers side is a pig with the headers though.

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robbyd said:

I got the engine out of my vt2 leaving the gearbox in place and not touching the rack. Even the bonnet stayed on...

And back in ? It doesn’t look like there is room between the back of the sump and the rack.
Anyhow, I’ve dropped the rack this evening. Probably the most hateful job on my car with those headers.
Crank sensor is easy though, LOL

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vxr2010 said:

Looking at just commoderes.com , engine removal says hardest part was getting the gearbox over the rack and pipes , so in theory if no box is coming out it should be good , what area are you in , in case we are nearish , for a hand , I am in herts

I’m in north east Kent . It’ll come out ok now .
I have got myself a full rebuild kit with oversize pistons, just have to see if the block is not too ovaled for them ,
Otherwise it’s a summit racing forged lm7 which should outlive me !

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vxr2010 said:

I'm surprised that it's actually worn , I thought a v8 would run for ages as less stress on the engine

140,000 miles, countless track days, open trumpets ect ect.
It’s due a refresh really.

Got it out ok with help from a mate, always good to have a spotter on hand. I did drop the rack as I’m going to put a Vband on the headers.






My twin plate is still in very good condition,considering it’s been in 5 years now !!
Not so good was two bell housing bolts missing at the top and two on the pass side loose, causing this



Guess that’s what happens when someone else works on your car . It was done way back when I had a standard intake manifold on there and probably the person couldn’t be bothered to get in there . It’ll be fine with new bolts.

Rear main seal leaking heavily.

Edited by fred bloggs on Sunday 30th June 18:56

Edited by fred bloggs on Sunday 30th June 18:57

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2nd evening in a row and that basstard front pulley still isn’t off. I’ve broken two pullers now. It was almost glowing hot too.
I’ve had it off twice before and both times it was a pain.

I swear I’ll scrap the car or set it on fire if I have to remove it one more time .