Does anybody have a source for plans for a test run stand for small block and big block Chevy? I can plan all this stuff up but if there is already some source, I don't think I need to re-invent the wheel.
wild guess says you look around the shop, find stuff that you can use to make it, and make it...no plans needed. hopefully someone will prove me wrong
Squirrel, I live over here in Reserve, NM - yeah there's lotsa stuff laying around to make one up with, but I just thought if someone had a line on something nice I might just as well build a nice one. Are you going to be in Show Low this weekend?
i down loaded a bunch of pics of stands and this is the one i like the most, has adjustable mounts on the sides for different engines and looks like you can build your engine right in it as i`d say you can rotate your engine as well, then slide the side mounts over and bolt it in to run, but i have made one for my chevy 6 out of old angle iron, its 2 pieces that bolt to the front and back of the engine, took like 20 min to make.
That's got me thinking about patterning after an engine stand, and adding side supports, radiator, and a guage console, similar to that one. I could make up some prints I suppose.
Here's the stand I just finished for my Mopar.The engine needs a little more work before I can light the fuse. Fuzz
If you make a sketch with some good dimensions, I'll draw it up in CAD and post the drawings for everybody.
Talk to FAB32, he built one and it was at a local machine shop for years. The new owners were pretty pissed when they found out it didn't go with the shop after they bought the place.
I just use one of these things. You can get them @ you're local swap meet from the "junk" tool vendors with all the harbor frieght **** - i'm sure harbor freight has them as well. You can get the china **** ones for like $20. http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=SUM%2D900057&autoview=sku Only thing is - it needs to have the rear mount tabs like the one in the picture or else you can't get a starter on it. Easiest thing to do is get the small starter (153tooth) and matching starter. The 168 tooth will work, but you might have to notch the rear leg of the stand for the starter nose. I'm sure something could be rigged up for a radiator - I usually don't run them long enough on the stand to need a radiator. I just fill the block with water and run a long hose from the pump up to the goosneck. If you are breaking in a motor, you want to hook up some type of radiator (or barrel) and fan. I'm ususally running it for someone so that they can hear/see it running before buying. I'm sure you can add a piece to the back or the front with some wiring for the starter/battery and a small shelf for a gas can. oh and as far as the "open flexplate" goes - I'd be more afraid of the fan - just don't stand over either one of them. Or you can buy a good SFI approved flexplate to use solely with the test stand
great stuff guys, thanks. I probably won't use this thing very often but there's no sense in building a POS. I have a really nice low-rider cherry picker that folds up that my friend Ray Nelson fabbed some years ago, and I got to looking at it and I think I may fab up some mounts that bolt to the cherry picker base and have all the necessary stuff attached. Pick it up with the cherry picker, bolt stuff in place, and fire this puppy up. Since the cherry picker folds up nice and flat, I can store all this stuff in the shed when I'm not using it. BTW, the cherry picker is a very nice unit, I will try to post something about it soon.
Heres the one I built several years ago. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w127/mharbour/shop%20pics/MVC-237S.jpg
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