I'm pulling my motor, help :D
 

Hey guys, I'm pulling my motor to get my new headers and clutch/flywheel/CSC delete installed. Does anyone have any good verbiage to show details about what to remove and in what order to assist in the removal? This is my first time pulling a motor and want it to go as smooth as possible. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am currently using the nissan service tech manual but it wants me to drop the entire trans/motor and steering rack in one piece and I do not want to do it that way. Thanks!!!!

For clutch work and installing headers. You do not have to drop the motor.

To drop the motor. You need a lift because it drops from the bottom. The whole engine cradle comes down.

Yeah I understand the whole cradle comes down, I do not want to do it that way via the entire assemble coming out from the tech manual. I want to unbolt everything and pull it out the front after taking the radiator/crashbar off. Every video I have seen do the headers without pulling the motor looks miserable.

I put FI LTH's on my Z. The right side took me about 45 minutes do to. The left side took me about 5 hrs. There is more in the way. For me, the biggest headache was getting the exhaust manifold heat shield out. You wanting to pull the motor out will take a day. Then another day putting it back in. Then you have to worry about not breaking any sensors and reconnecting them too.

Well I got it done, now just to get it back in :D was about 3 hours to get the motor pulled and gave me ALL the room to get the headers installed and worked out nicely to get the lightened flywheel/clutch and pressure plate and CSC elimination kit installed without actually dropping the trans :happydance:

While the motor's out you might as well go F.I.