LS 1 engine removal tool

[joelster]

It's faster to pull it out the bottom. I helped a friend of mine who is very knowledgeable with LT1 cars, pull one. From start to finish we had the engine out in under 2 hours and on a roller table. There are so many annoying bolts that you don't need to disconnect when you pull the engine from the bottom. All of the header bolts stay, all of the transmission bolts stay. You basically remove the 6 k-member bolts, the 8 shock tower bolts, all of the radiator hoses, fuel lines, crossmember, driveshaft, wiring harness plug, throttle cable, etc.

The only messy part is that you have to disconnect the front brake lines, but everything is much more accessable.

[countrypuppy4865]

If its a street car I highly recommend coming out the bottom. On a race car top is no problem.