pic/info request, homemade engine start stands

building an engine start stand, mainly because I have a supply of free steel and a fairly new motor but not enough money for it to go in a rig. Interested to see what anyone has done. I'm planning to do mine adjustable for multiple motor/bellhousing mounts. I will post pics of progress on mine when I can. thanks.

 

wow. well, maybe I won't post pics of mine. You definitely have a much more pro stand than I even imagined in my head. Thanks for the pics, and nice work.

 

Would really like to see if anyone has an idea how to make motor/bellhousing mounts adjustable for multiple motors. I'm going to run a 235. But want it to be able to mount at least chevy V8's if not others. Just something to do while waiting for work to come along. Thanks for any help

 

you can see mine here,

 

Belongs to a friend of mine.

 

Allow me to be arrogant and ASSume you are referring to stands for the SBC:

1) i know you said homemade, but my recommendation for anyone thinking of making a stand(---and i've made a stand---will describe in a sec) would instead be to recommend something like this:

http://www.jegs.com/i/Jegster/550/1020/10002/-1

And yes, you can run the engine with these stands---i do it all the time. My only complant is that the "wheelbase" is maybe too short---if you have cracks or any sort of bumps in your garage, the engine can and does tend to nose-dive.

a) i have "made" my own stand for the SBC by simply using aluminum and iron angle iron: For the aluminum i used the front mounting holes like how the 55-57 originally used to mount the engine in the chassis. And, in the rear i simply attached the angle iron to the bellhousing bolts such that the irons were at a 90 degree to each other and each was at a 45 degree to the the centerline of the engine and they still cleared the flexplate. And yes, the engine could be run like this. The only reason i went with the jeg's product was because it has wheels and this allows you to move the engine around real easy.

2) Just curious, how much HP is the olds 303 making with the 4-71?

 

I built mine with what I had for what I had,
I wanted it to have a radiator with electric fan,
electric fuel pump, oil pressure and water temp gauges,
a battery and ignition switch, and have it on wheels so I could move it around easily.
if it needs to be altered for another motor it would be easy enough
just cut grind weld..

re: (2) the stock '50 Olds 303 was at 135 horse power... I think?
with no other changes than .040 over bore, higher lift 324 rockers and the 4-71 driven 1:1 it should be up around 175 or so...
aprox 1 horse power per ten pounds vehicle weight
..just enough for the 1800+/- pound car it's in.

 

Here's the one I built,works great.Had to use a bellhousing,because the Mopar starter doesn't bolt to the block.

Fuzzy

 

Pro built stand for SBC

 

Here's my homemade one

 

I'm digging the stand pics. Thanks for the replys. Building mine from 1" fire sprinkler pipe, freebie from friend. Hope to post pics but lent camera out, waiting to get it back.

 

good looking stand's, mine's on the project list

 

here's some pics of where I'm at so far. Fun project since its so cheap.