I bought a lift that basically goes straight up. Has about 2.5 feet of travel
[I guess, given the length of the hydraulic lift portion]. I was able to
remove the engine and transmission together. I left the head and the header
attached also. So to remove, I simply undid the drive shaft and rear mounts
[do have tor memove the tranny tunnel and do work from the top as well as the
botom -- but did not have to remvoe the seat], undid the batttery feed to the
starter, undid the spark plug leads [I have a crank fired electronic ignition
so there is no distributor and the coils sit on the shelf where the battery --
now in the trunk -- goes], removed the hood, took out the radiator and moved
the steering rack forward and pulled the engine. It was tight, did need to tip
[do this by adjusting the position of the puller's clip in the chain attached
to the engine puller mounts]. Whole process took three hours. Should be
interesting [I will report back] on how long it takes to put the [newly
rebuilt] engine back in.
When stock, the tired old 100,000 engine with OD tranny on stock wheels and old
Michelins hit about 105 on the front strech of Seattle raceway. My nephew
could get it out of turn 9 at a faster speed than I and hit about 110. Last
summer it got up to 135 [then later in the day I lost oil pressure and spun #1
rod bearing -- got so hot it annealed itself to thecrank and piston -- hence
the rebuild]. Now have external oil feed to the galleys, and Accusump, a
baffle in the oil pan, an aluminum flywheel and Spec lightweight clutch, forged
pistons, cam bearings, and a nitrided crank -- do not hope to do a rebuild for
a long time].
On electronic ignition and FI: Electromotive makes the ignition and TWM
Induction makes fuel injector parts. Bet both set you back $4000 [nice price
for a Honda S2000 engine].
Chuck
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