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Just another idea. Jeg's is selling stands for $49 shipped and HF with 25% off is a little less. Rear perches will need to be horizontal for earlier bell housing. Allows bell housing, flywheel. clutch, starter and trans. Radiator mount can be added.

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Nice!
Those cheap engine stands are good starter material. I used two of them to build a cab rotisserie.

Nice work

Looks good. It's amazing what a guy can do after he steps back and takes a hard look at what he's got to work with.


John

Those 10 steel engine dollies I bought at Homecoming last year for 10 bucks each are looking better all the time! They're even adjustable so a large variety of engines can be accomodated - - - -sixes, V8's- - - -even MOPAR and Ford!
Jerry

Getting closer --- that battery is from my cub lowboy 185. Trying to stay low budget and use what I have.

I'm thinking about building a run stand that would mount to my 16 foot trailer- - - -along with my water brake dyno. All I'd need to do some torque testing at somewhere like Homecoming would be a water supply and maybe some 120 volt power. A small AC generator would make the setup completely self-contained once the onboard plastic water tank was filled with about 500 gallons. The dyno bolts onto a bellhousing like a transmission, and loads the engine with a water turbine, sort of like a torque converter on steroids. Once a series of RPM and torque readings are taken, it's a simple matter to do a couple of calculator operations to figure a HP curve.
Jerry

I am not sure your radiator is going to be big enough. For a 20 minute break-in of a new engine, there is a lot heat, I use the biggest GM radiator I could find for my Pontiac test stand, and even it's not enough. For just messing around running an engine, it might do all right.

Joe

Agree, maybe not for break-in but will let me see if new rear main seal is holding, oil pressure, temp idle, how it runs and sounds. I flushed this motor when I got it - laid over some on driver side. Much gunk did come out of the driver rear coolant hole dump. I will report back on running temp.

Your radiator looks like the one in my 1970 442.

FYI, Jegs has all metal engine storage stands 750lb capacity on sale for $26 and change.

Do you find that without motor mounts or other rubber vibration damper that the engine shakes a lot? I am getting material together to build one and I thought I needed something to eat the vibration......

The engine will set dead solid, there is no torque being applied to the crank so the engine doesn't need any rubber bushings. You can really impress your friends by showing them how smooth the engine idles and how quickly they rev up!

I did use 1/4" thick rubber baler belting between the mounts and stand both front and back. I may hang a 3 speed on the back when I run across one. Bellhousing is off a 59 with a 41 big truck clutch and fork. Add anymore to it and I will have to really motorize the cart. 8-)

That 12si 3 wire will be going on the 42 of which its 10si one wire will be on this test engine. I split the uprights on the radiator support so I could still turn the crank from the front balancer.

Did you say what engine that is?

I have done dyno runs on performance engines up to 7K RPM and 700+ HP on run stands with solid mounts. I haven't noticed any problems with vibration or torque reactions. It's highly unlikely a stovebolt engine will cause any problems.
Jerry

1949 chevy 216 ----- GAA264018

This is perfect timing I have been trying to figure out how to put together a stand for a 57 235 I just picked up. It is a complete engine with the bell housing and I need some way to store it and work on it, This is perfect and the right price.

That's a 49 regular passenger 216 made in Flint (GAA). Cool! Looks good on the outside. What's its condition? If you have discussed this engine in another post, I apologize. That's a truck bellhousing, right? What are your plans for it? Good luck with it.

This engine is out of a custom 49 - 2 dr fleetline. The owner drove it to cruise- ins of which I observed. He replaced it with a 350 sbc and 350 turbo last summer. He said it had a bad rear seal leak but was a fine running engine. He gave it to me. I replaced the rear seal and near all gaskets. I believe the main leak was from the pan not so much the rear seal. The engine like many has been re built in its lifetime as cylinders still had visible hone marks and is a pretty internally clean engine. I took/rebuilt the carter off of a locked 48 car 216 --- a small yf. I have not started it yet but have spun it witth the starter. At the moment it is full of oil and coolant with no known static leaks. I will start it when it warms up some around here to test engine, oil pressure, and carb. I may add an HEI. I have no plans for this engine at the moment just a power plant. I have a 59 truck bellhousing on it with the 10.75 big truck clutch for now - just had them. I have a pre-49 car and big truck bellhousing for it. Plus a rebuilt crash box 4 speed. I find it easier to store good parts attached to their home.

I run one stovebolt in the 3/4 ton 1946 chevy a 53 hydraulic 235 and this summer it gets an sm420 to replace the crash box. All else are big GM's.

PM me if you have some interest. I take you are in Illinois somewhere. My wife has an aunt in Alton.