set front clip off for engine swap?
 

Doing a ls engine swap. I'm definitely setting the whole front end off. Is it easier to set off as 1 complete unit with hood and rad support or piece by piece? Advice?
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Re: set front clip off for engine swap?
 

Much earier as one piece I think.

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I would think so too but I've just never set it off all as 1 piece

And I wonder whether to leave the hood on the fenders or just take the fenders and core support off as 1
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One big piece is the easiest....

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Being a Ford Guy I had never done anything as easy as taking the frontend off as one piece. I took my 68 apart as one piece including hood, fenders, core support. Make sure you look for spacer placement however. I found taking pictures of everything with my phone works good when replacing frontend.

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When I changed my stepside over to a 454, I opted to just remove the front inner wheel wells, bumper, grill and radiator support. I was able to leave the hood and fenders on.

Plenty of room to work and I didn't have to deal with aligning the hood and fenders back up when I was done.

Here's what that project looked like: