Great video! I've got big block 1978 but it's same deal just one more minute of please don't drop when clearing the motor from bay! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😇
I'm in a dilemma here. I just bought a 75 with only 165 hp and I was thinking of replacing it with a 383. Problem is the L48 runs great and it's the original motor! Some say I should just keep it and others say kick it up!
Its your car, do what you want to. You don't have to listen to the people telling you too keep the original motor. If I were you I'd replace it with a 427 and sell the 350. Then use that money selling the motor towards performance modifications. But thats just what I'd do. Again its your car, do what you want.
If you have a car with nice paint, use 2" 3M brand (it matters) blue painters tape first and lay down some protection and then cover with a fender mat or towels. That keeps you from grinding dirt (micro razor blades) into the paint.
I had a '68 Corvette I put a 125K mile LS6 motor I had. My friend wanted to swap his motor for mine since he was selling his car and the motor had blown. His was an LS6 with a roller cam and ported heads so I agreed to the swap. He called to tell me he was coming over to help me. He showed up an hour later but I already had the motor out. He offered me a job since he was the Service Manager at the House of Corvettes but I said no. I was an Art Director already, I just street raced on the side. I rebuilt his old motor and installed it back into my Corvette, then added nitrous.
That was cool! You should rebuild the engine/transmission and restore that 79 vette. They sold a lot of those back in 1979 I believe over 50,000 & that number hasen't. been beat to this day. unfortunately. the 79 got little recognition. even though it sold like crazy its predecessor. got more recognition. due to aniversary of the 78 & the pace car edition.
Another great video and really useful. I have an awesome 1977 C3 , but getting ready to do a major project on it and will be pulling the engine soon. I will follow the steps you took. Keep up the great work, it is very much appreciated . Certainly becoming part of the modern C3 restoration body of knowledge and skills.
I had to take my the engine out the same way on my Iroc too, the front end is just too long. Some people remove the front bumper but that's a lot more work.
I wish this video was around 2 years ago when I swapped motors on my 74. thanks for posting, RU-vid was my main source of knowledge for doing my restoration. from the body and paint right down to building the engine from scratch.
great vid! most of yt is never step by step! could you do one on diff removal and rebuild? or engine tuning (dialing in ignition and carb)? thank you Sir!
Great video bud!! I got a question about those cragars S/S on your car!!I got a 72 with rallye wheels and planning to put those cragars on but I'm wondering if those spacers will cause my front tires to rub on fender when steering is completely turned?? Theres very little space even with rallyes!! Thanks
Maybe I missed but I have a 78’ Corvette with a 400sbc. How heavy was your engine/trans when you pulled it? On your engine hoist what weight setting are you using? I can see it’s on the farthest pin but not sure which one that is. Thank you!
Hey Ben, I am going to be putting in a crate motor on my (first ever) C3 this winter. I have done one engine swap on a 65 c10 years ago. I just did the engine and left the transmission in the truck. Every video I see for the C3 engine swap shows both the motor and transmission coming out. Is there a reason for this? The transmission is tight and fluid has been changed when I first bought the car and I am not sure why everyone pulls both. Love you videos!
Actually it wasn't that bad to try to save but most of the parts had already been sold from the interior and who knows what the engine was like. Probably toast.
Does anyone know if there is any videos of the wiring harness being installed? I’m installing mine now and having trouble figuring out where to route the harness.
I enjoy your video the ones I have watched. I have a 70 vet. I am replacing the engine with a 96 vett. I need a converging kit for the tak. From mechanical to electric.
About 30 years ago a friend had a '68 427 4 speed coupe. The engine needed rebuild but we didn't know the tricks, so we wound up doing it the hard way. A couple months after it was all together again an old 'Vette enthusiast tells us the easiest way to get a big block out of a C3 is to unbolt the K member and jack the car up off the front end, just rolling the engine, transmission, and front suspension out the front just the reverse of how the factory put the cars together. Quite the hassle either way. Great car though!
Id be interested in wheels headlight assemblies and front bumper assembly.. What i bought is effectively worse. The motor/trans was gone and alot of other stuff was also. Idk how old this vid is or if my ask is waste of time. I know i can throw a car together to dragrace..think its got its name alreddy also..thanks.
Hey Ben. I have been working on rebuilding a 1976 C3 Corvette and I am having some trouble finding some info on how to properly remove the Front Nose for paint. would you by chance any info on this or where a good place to look is?
Ben it's been a while since I have watched your videos it's Good to see your still on RU-vid. I have a 1981 Corvette with a 350 in it and I wanted to find out if I could use long tube headers without grounding out can you let me know thank you
Yes, but make sure you get the ones made for a Corvette. For example, a set of truck headers will "fit" but will hang too low. Get a good brand name like hooker or headman, not Chinese junk off ebay
Ben, I noticed that you didn't remove the yoke from the rear of the transmission. I usually keep an old yoke from an old driveshaft to insert after the shaft is pulled out so the tranny fluid stays in the tranny and not on the garage floor. My 1st 'Vette was a 79 C3. Sadly, I never liked it. :-( (L-82, 4-Spd) That poor car has been abused and crucified! Great video, but I doubt I'll ever pull another engine. Too old for that shit!
Yeah I was just kidding. You can keep classics alive forever if you put in the work. Few Lexus's will make classic status but Corvettes will always be classics.
I doubt that "most" believe that. This will only happen if they build in "planned obsolescence". One thing is clear, the automotive world is going _electric_. Petrol heads won't like it but I won't be surprised if sometime down the track you'll need a special permit to operate a gas or diesel powered car. And there's very little to go wrong with electric cars compared to ICE automobiles.