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Snowface
20-01-05, 05:29 PM
I've seen a pic of ste_nova with a GSI engine in the boot and someone else with a C20XE!

Is it hard to get it in there? Can you lift a small block engine & gearbox by hand with 1 or 2 people?

Also how did you secure it so it didn't move about.

cheers.
Chris
20-01-05, 05:31 PM
you will need 2 people to lift it in, once it is in, it wont go anywhere, but for peace of mind you could tie it to the rear seat mounts

Chris
General Baxter
20-01-05, 05:57 PM
well if would go somewhere if your on a motorway and a HGV does not deside to stop, :wink:

well then again the whole car would go somewhere :roll:
burgo
20-01-05, 06:36 PM
you can lift an engine by yourself!! i can anyway
General Baxter
20-01-05, 06:44 PM
ok then superman come and help carl get this engine :lol:
Ste_Nova
20-01-05, 06:46 PM
2 peeps to throw engine and box in... then a strap round it

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/Ste_Nova/H252UWT/engine003.jpg
Nick
20-01-05, 06:53 PM
you can lift an engine by yourself!! i can anyway

yes, i suppose the crane doesn't count as a person
burgo
20-01-05, 07:28 PM
you can lift an engine by yourself!! i can anyway

yes, i suppose the crane doesn't count as a personask student then if you dont beleave me, his mate asked how heavy it was so i picked it up to show him it wasn't
Philsutton
20-01-05, 07:41 PM
we managed to get a xe+box, engine crane and two people in my mate fiesta. It blew it hole in the block on the way back though
Snowface
20-01-05, 08:11 PM
lol.

i was thinking of turning my spare wheel upside down so the sump would sit in it slightly. then prolly strap it or just take it steady.
Paul
20-01-05, 08:41 PM
I had an XE go through my back window, i was 200 miles from home and it was snowing. :lol:

Strap it down.
Snowface
20-01-05, 09:04 PM
what did you strap it to? front seat frames?
srs1
20-01-05, 09:07 PM
i have put an xe in my car too
just put it in the rear and just drove off.
just drive steady and no harsh breaking. riding up someones ass aint a clever idea either
Ste_Nova
21-01-05, 08:32 AM
what did you strap it to? front seat frames?

mines onto the spare wheel and the lap seatbelt
Aragorn
21-01-05, 09:52 AM
snowface: when i took your block to pv me and oxford lifted it into the boot and lifted it back out again :p u should be able to remember that no??
Jonlem
21-01-05, 02:26 PM
i picked up 2 xe's and a gearbox from the south coast, the old fiesta we took didn't like it much but we got back in one piece eventually!
Snowface
21-01-05, 05:08 PM
snowface: when i took your block to pv me and oxford lifted it into the boot and lifted it back out again :p u should be able to remember that no??

yeah i remeber. i managed to lift it by myself to get it in the garage my end. Not for too long though. I'm thinking with a cylinder head and gearbox on its gonna weigh at least 30% more than just the block though.

We'll see. i got a mate coming to help and the guy i'm meeting up with so its not a problem really. just curios.