Re: GT engine removal

["Ken Keith" <ken.keith@specialdevices.com>]

"Gary G. Erickson" <erickson@teleport.com> wrote:
> 
> Dwight Varnes wrote:
> 
> > Now, I've been told it is possible to remove the engine from a Coupe GT
> > through the top, but that it's difficult due to the tight clearances.
> 
> When I was pulling the engine out of my GT in preparation for the turbo
> transplant, I removed the tranny in the traditional style (from the
> bottom) and then took the whole engine out the top, intact.

Wouldn't it have been easier to drop the subframe and take the 
engine/tranny out the bottom as a unit?  I mean, you have to undo the darn 
steering rack bracket to get the tranny out, no?

Ken