underhood working on the 93 up Camaro/Firebird

[Rob Petrie E395]

Bone stock they can be a absolute nightmare for some jobs I think book time is close to 3 hours for plugs and wires. But after you get all the junk out that you take out of a racecar they are pretty easy to work on. I know the factory service manual reads that you have to drop the k-member and take the engine out the bottom, But I have changed many of these engines in both factory street cars and in my racecars with aftermarket k members and I have yet to remove the K member to do so. Like I said before once you get all the junk out they are easy to work on start by taking the heater assembly out it frees up a ton of room to work on the passengers side.

For oil pan removal I use a tool that is designed for working on front wheel drives. It lays across both stut towers and then you hook a chain from it down to a header bolt on each side. After that just remove the engine mount bolts and the bolts holding the K member and pry it down to get enoughf room to slip the pan out. Its a little tight but a whole lot faster than pulling the engine