quote Originally posted by JohnWPB: Fantastic Step-by-Step! I always fear that photo's will be lost with broken links and such. I just submitted this thread to the WayBack Machine. It saved the thread, and it will be available, pictures and all forever, should something ever happen to this thread Link to the saved thread

Thanks, you were so right on saving this one. I used it a few years ago to remove a V^ from a Fiero I bought just to dis-assemble. I came bace to look at the instructions again only to find all th epic replaced by ads. I was about to post to see if anyone had downloaded this I came to the end to see when th elast time Toodster had posted here then I find that you had performed what was needed with all the how-to's. Thanks again

Ads? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. OK, when I get a spare minute I will edit the article and replace the images. I think I still have them all.

Thank you, I'm glad you will be adding the pics again. I need this to refer to when I drop mine.

Thank you Thank you !

Out the bottom on mine and jacking up with a 2x6 across the tunnel of the car. Used my motorcycle lift rated at 1500lbs and made a crate out of more 2x6 boards and secured to lifting arms of hoist with wood screws.

quote Originally posted by Toddster: Ads? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. OK, when I get a spare minute I will edit the article and replace the images. I think I still have them all.

Thanks, looking forward to seeing the pictures!

Thank you Toddster. One more hoping you get to the images. Sorry.

I'll likely be doing this within a year as well.

I hope this is okay, I had trouble seeing all the pictures even on the Internet Archive version so I recreated it all in a PDF with the original pics and hosted it on my Google drive:

https://drive.google.com/fi...oKM/view?usp=sharing

Awesome job Dragonfish. I've been trying to edit the post with new pics linked to my Google drive but it does not work for some weird reason. I'll keep at it

As I am about to drop the cradle again, after doing it about 7 years ago with the help of your document, I was wondering if I should get the latest document, have there been updates?
I still have the paper copies of the PDF, and also the PDF themselves back from around 2013.
I think when I did it before it was spot on except for one spot that was easily figured out, it may have been due to a running change or model year difference, mine is a 1988 Formula.
OK, I went to the site above and downloaded that doc, although I've only skimmed thru it, looks the same as the one I have.

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Toddster,

I want to thank you a million for your step-by-step procedures to remove my v-6. They were perfect. I don't think I would have done it so easily without them. Now, any suggestions as to what I should do to get some more horsies out out the engine? I need to keep it so it will pass smog in CA, so I can't go too wild. I am looking at a mild build on the existing engine, or going to a 3.4 or whatever. Any recommendations would be appreciated...

I've always liked a good 3.1 build. With porting and polishing you can get 160hp out of them and you can put in electronic ignition with coil packs for more reliability. You also have most of the parts you need, you will need a 981 crank and new psitons and a good rebuild kit but you get to keep the stock engine and make it more fun. If you bore it .3o over you will get 3.2 liters and plenty of gusto.

quote Originally posted by eti engineer: Toddster, I want to thank you a million for your step-by-step procedures to remove my v-6. They were perfect. I don't think I would have done it so easily without them. Now, any suggestions as to what I should do to get some more horsies out out the engine? I need to keep it so it will pass smog in CA, so I can't go too wild. I am looking at a mild build on the existing engine, or going to a 3.4 or whatever. Any recommendations would be appreciated...