Thanks Gene. Funny you say this now as I was just thinking the same thing last night while cleaning the engine bay. Question, when you get the engine in how do you support the back of it while preparing to install the trannie? Floor jack?
Sense I am going to try and assemble all the accesories and such I beleive I am going to put the engine and the trannie in seperately.
Thanks
Wade[/QUOTE
Everyone got an opinion, IMO....leave assessories/mounts/belts off, except harmonica balancer/pulleys and fly/flex plates.....I done clutches/PPs both ways, flop engine on the mounts, and let it sag a bit, not an issue in fact...take dizzy cap off though....not sure on a BB is it hits an HEI or not...never owned a BB vette, but the tranny crap is Idendical wether BB or SB, so that not the issue.....I never use any 'inspection cover' on my installs, and with a stick shift I find to leave the pplate loose enough to just slip the disc around, slip the tranny home snug it down, then tighten hell outta the PP bolts and then the tranny mount bolts, obviously the bhousing is secure before that....but then again, I"M a lazy SOB and I find battling one issue at a time is easier than storming the mountain.....
went to see the ALAMO the other day, 189 guys killed some 1600 men in Santanas' army.....surely we lost, but look at the kill ratio.....better than 8-1....sorta the same thing with your project....kill it one at a time, or sure it will kill you.....