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I know a lot of people use those carb lifting plates, but I'd have a hard time trusting those four little 3/8 bolts to hold a big block and transmission. Especially in an aluminum intake.

I'd really be thinking about it when the engine is sky-hig and dangling over my car!



That's to bad, because the carb lifting plate is much more compact and easier to use than those load levers.
I have used a home made carb lifting plate for 30 years now, I have lifted countless motors with one, even heavy International gas truck engines which weigh way more than a BB.