ya the more you put down the less you pay and more likely they will give it to you and my bank only does 1k or 5k loans

Well due to a few unseen events my build was put on hold but its back up and running again.The motor is together now and ready to be shipped out next week :yahoo:

wow wanna trade?

Ok so im meeting Marcus in 2 weeks to pick this bad boy up in NY but i need some help.The car is going to be stored outside under a take down car port thing for the winter should i drop the engine in now and drive it around for maybe a month before it starts snowing or should i just keep the engine in my house and put it in after winter?

after winter.... with me :P

After winter because it is better weather

After winter because you have no reason to rush if you aren't even going to drive it.

I don't know anything about anything, but if it doesn't matter which time you do it, I'd personally rather just get it over with now.

So i need some help before tomorrow were do i bolt up the chains to lift the engine out of the bay?

Hey man im new but i have been reading your posts and loving it. i wish i had a standard tranny ut of course i have the v6 3.4 and well i feel like i can try to make it a standard and with every thing you have done i i wanted to help you out with this. ill get back to you tomorrow on the lift mounts but i would be waiting till after the winter to be putting that bad boy in. like i said ill be back tomorrow with the lift stuff though

It begins
 

so started pulling the old motor out Friday

My buddy posing with the old motor after we got it out

Then i took a long road trip to meet Markus and pick up the motor out in western NY left at 6am didn't get back till 8pm but it was well worth it :yahoo:
and the last of the pics i got was the new one going in
The motor is in and everything all bolted up now i just need to put on the alternator,a/c compressor,tensioner and a few random plugs and ill be ready to start this bitch up :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: and i would also like to thank Nate and Zack for coming down to my house to help me with the swap and im sorry i don't have more pics but it was a long weekend and taking pics was the last thing on my mind.

i did most of the unbolting... charlie only came after i left... the engine is EXTREMELY nice, it will make very very good power...

i leanred something, DONT pull an engine in a nor'easter

and also dont pull axles out if you cant get them back in

Hey Caboose nice engine. One thing I recommend is wire tucking. I neglected that issue on my engine bay so now I am resolving it. And I'll tell you the bay looks sooooooo much better. Oh and please no blue wire loom.;)

ya cleaned as much of the dirt and grease as i could when the engine was out i didnt even think of tucking the wires.What you didnt like all my blue wire loom no my other car?:lol:

nice project, now more pics.. I might want a 2dr alero with the I4 someday

Well i got more pics for you guys








It sounds great started up the 1st time we tried cranking it now i just have to put 1k miles on it before the real fun starts.

Looking good, now you just need to clean up the bay :D

hey man, did you drive it home?

when i left, you were so close to finishing, and did that silicone fix the dex leak?

ya the leak is fixed for now and its all set we got the axle in around 1130 but i didnt drive it home cause of all the snow.