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| | | | Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 24 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 24 | Does anyone know what a 216 block alone weighs?
(no heads, no crank, cam, or pistons)
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Ben
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 | I know 2 people can pickup a stripped bare block..... John | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,214 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,214 | I'll throw a guess that it's about 150-160 pounds... Mike B  | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 | that sounds about right, I can carry it around by myself. Just putting it on the ground or picking it up from the ground may be hard.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 | I do know this. It falls to earth at about 200 MPH when you use the wrong bolts on the engine stand!
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 | I think the crankshaft is about 76 pounds by itself. John | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 | 52Carl: And that is how cheap bolts can get expensive!...:). Engine blocks are rated the same way stone is. pebbles, more that 1 in a hand. Stones, 1 for each hand. Rock, can be picked up. Everything else is a boulder. I am not picking up a block that fits into any motor vehicle any time soon. That is why I have a hoist. When I was young, and dumb, I could and I would, I ain't so young anymore. Dumb? Comes and goes. Specific weight for an inline block is exactly LOTS. My ability to pick one up, NOT.
Steve H
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 | A fully-assembled 235, including the flywheel, bellhousing, and clutch tipped over an engine stand after some of my students ignored my warnings about not reattaching it to the stand after the bellhousing was installed. It took 50-something stitches to patch up the kid's foot it landed on, and he was wearing steel-toed work boots. The day before that happened he had gotten 3 swats with the "board of education" for wearing tennis shoes in the shop!
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 | That is what we call a slow learner:)
Steve H
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 | 52Carl: And that is how cheap bolts can get expensive!...:). Engine blocks are rated the same way stone is. pebbles, more that 1 in a hand. Stones, 1 for each hand. Rock, can be picked up. Everything else is a boulder. I am not picking up a block that fits into any motor vehicle any time soon. That is why I have a hoist. When I was young, and dumb, I could and I would, I ain't so young anymore. Dumb? Comes and goes. Specific weight for an inline block is exactly LOTS. My ability to pick one up, NOT. It wasn't the bolt's fault. I somehow threaded one size too small bolts into the block. I believe they were the same thread pitch. Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
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