ehhh....i wouldnt think youd need to remove any blower to pull a tranny?
There is very little clearance from the back of the blower to the firewall. I would say less than an inch. I will not be able to tilt the motor much if any at all if I don't remove it. Plus I am probably going to do this on my back with the car on jack stands.. YUK
I searched and found that thread. I was just wondering if it was a whole lot easier with the motor tilted. If removing the blower is worthwhile in making it easier, I certainly will do that. I just don't want to go through all that additional work if it's not worth it.
I certainly will. I believe, I am going to go ahead and remove the blower just to be safe. I would hate to get into the clutch change then have to drop the car down to remove the blower. Plus, I don't want to put any stress on the new clutch trying to wrestle the trans into place. I will probably tackle this within the next couple of weeks. My shop has AC but I cant get my car in there right now. I may do it in my garage if we get a couple of days when it isn't so freakin hot.
I know where you are coming from. Its not easy pulling that blower off either. After draining the coolant from the intercooler and the radiator, there is a bunch of crap that's got to be taken loose. Some of the bolts are a pain to get to on the E Force also. Luckily, I have a long extension ball socket allen wrench, which helps a good bit with them. I dread it but it's got to be done. I'm slipping pretty bad in third under full throttle.
Well, I only made it about 1200 miles on the stock clutch after putting the Nitto 305Rs on. I made it to the local 1/8th strip once with them right after getting them, and honestly it was not a good night for traction. It was about 90 degrees and the track prep was horrible. Not trying to make excuses but it is the truth. The best I ran that night was a 7.72 @ 95 and I spun pretty bad in second. I actually roasted the clutch on the street over the last 500 miles or so. I put the drag radials on and also welded in some BMR lower control arm brackets to put some "bite" in it. Unlike at the strip, I hook like a mofo on the street. That's what did it in. Now when I go into 3rd at full throttle the tach goes north. I honestly believe that when I get this clutch in and get it broken in, I will run under 7.50 with traction and a little cooler weather. That's my goal anyway. If not, a forged short block and a 3" pulley, in the hopefully near future, should do it......I hope.
The good thing is that I don't have to have my car back up and running in any length of time. I really don't care how long it takes. I am just going to do whatever makes it easier and from what I understand, removing the blower definitely makes it easier. I will probably take my time over a couple of days to do it.
