Started today at about 11:30AM, and had to cut it short at about 2PM because it was starting to rain a little bit. Anyway, it went in pretty uneventfully, cleaning the gear oil off of my car because I forgot to drain the transmission beforehand was pretty fun. I must say though, the hardest part about physically dropping the engine in is the motor mounts. Unless you have it held perfectly in the center on the hoist, it's not going in all at once. Getting the mount bolt in wasn't too hard, but getting it into the guide was. We had to set one side down, then shove the other side into the guide, tighten it down, then raise it back up and guide the other side in, then tighten them both down. That was time consuming, but not too hard. For the most part though, the physical aspect of the swap is pretty easy, I was actually expecting it to be a lot more painful.
Unfortunately, we couldn't get far today because of the rain, but the engine and transmission mounts are done, as well as the crossmember. I'm going to try to do some of the peripheral work tomorrow, and next weekend it's going to Waynes for the wiring. Anyway, here are some pics from today, any questions, feel free to ask.
~Scott
