Projects BBC Mockup Engine plans

I have limited room too but I make do. I often have to move 8 things to find 1 I need at any time. I prefer to work on the car outside.

 

The point of my post, is to put something together which is dimensionally correct, that any person who may be physically challenged could work with to mockup their project. I want to give back to the community something that anyone can build and use as another tool. Same idea as one of those plastic blocks, except much less money. I dont disagree with anyone regarding the use of a real block as an excellent tool. That process IS tried and true, but may not always be an option for everyone due to all kinds of factors. For me, I'm dealing with a back injury which is limiting and a stupid sloped driveway (and a garage floor that sits 1" proud of the driveway). I have no partners or buddies so it's just me, and controlling the real engine and trans on a slope with a bad back... I have to have a way that is better. The work on my 38 may be done by the time I need to address mockup on the Studebaker, so the main space of the garage should be available for installation...

My project is nowhere near ready for me to start messing with all the parts I have for the bbc. If it were, that would go a long way toward fixing my space issue as its all neatly stored on stands or on shelves in my small garage. I have it because I bailed on another project because I knew that I'd be moving and not have time to finish it. Instead of giving away thousands of dollars in new parts I kept all of it for later use.

 

I see, and that looks familiar. I too prefer to work outside, much better lighting. As I said in another reply, mockup with the real stuff on my sloped driveway is not an option, just too heavy.

 

I read an article somewhere of a guy that made one out of wood, it was incredibly ugly but he had put in nutzerts everywhere that anything bolted to. It worked out for him but it must have taken forever to map out and build.
An engine standing up on the bellhousing area doesn't take up that much room and if you remove the waterpump you can stack **** on it.

 

That's the idea, eventually have a full set of plans and cad files that can be taken to a water jet shop or bigger maker space. That will make everything nice and clean and it will be able to be taken apart and stored away.

 

Length: waterpump pulley to bellhousing SBC: 30.5 BBC 32.5
Length: water pump pulley to back of distributor SBC: 26.5 BBC 27.0

Height: bottom of stock pan to top of valvecovers: SBC20.5 BBC 23.5
Height: bottom of stock pan to top of carb: SBC 25.0 BBC 29.0

Width: across valve covers: SBC 19.5 BBC 22.0
Width: across stock exhaust manifolds: SBC 26 BBC 27

These are from the 1975 Rod Action yearbook.

 

Right on, Thanks!

 

Simple is better. Now you're talking about waterjet. Sounds expensive and time consuming. How much smaller is yours going to be when broken down than a plastic mock up block? That could be bought used and resold when you're done. You won't be mocking up a ch***is on any other surface than level, right? So that stage has to wait anyway.
It seems like a lot of effort to reinvent what already exists eith little or no gain. Yes, I've read all the posts on this thread. Unless it's something you just have to do, you're better off actually working on the car.

[QUOTE="Brian Dooley, For someone like myself, its important to work smarter and not harder

 

When not being used for mock-up.

 

To do it right for the diy'ers you need well drafted plans. If you have the plans, providing files so they could take it to get cut by laser engraver or water jet is a nice touch. They are super clean cuts, would be very precise but not a requirement.