Decisions, decisions....
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Decisions, decisions....
New engine comes today (Tuesday). ARP rod bolt kit comes Wednesday or Thursday. I may get the tranny this week, maybe not till next week. Supercharger comes back from Magnuson on Thursday. Hmmm......should I go ahead and put the motor in as soon as it's ready, then put the tranny in later from underneath? Or should I just wait and put the two in bolted together? I am getting impatient....want something to do.....I figure I can do a little bit of idle tuning without the trans installed (and just sit and listen to it lope with the new cam ), and that it might be slightly less confusing to take the reinstallation in pieces rather than all at once, but....does the extra work involved in putting the trans in from underneath defeat the purpose? What would you do?
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Ive always put them in seperate, but I would be careful starting the engine with the tranny out. May have some problems with the motor mounts.
Personally Id go ahead and drop the motor in though
Personally Id go ahead and drop the motor in though
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Originally Posted by thunder550
Is it not safe to run the engine without the tranny installed?
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Originally Posted by Wilde Racing
The engine would only be held in position with the two mounts in the center of the block. I bet it wouldn't take much for the engine to rock back and forth. Other than that I don't see any other problems, just have to remove the exhaust to install the trans. I wonder how many code the VCM would thorw if you did run it with-out the trans??? lol
I bet I'd get a nice laundry list of codes for the tranny I wonder if they would just go away once the trans was installed?