Built this one so we can break it down to make a transport stan if needed, and it rolls real nice with the big wheels and does not walk with engine running

Here's mine. I havent painted it yet...lol. But I have a dirt area outside the garages, so I needed big wheels. The pnuematic tires keep it from shaking the floor or moving around, and I made it high enough to run the valves comfortably and open on the bottom should I need to drop a pan. I think it was $28 in recycler steel, the radiator from a junked plow truck (large w/3 core), plus the casters in the front, the tractor tires for the rear, and the gages. I pull the gage cluster and everything else stays out in the weather. I dont want to stand in the exh path.

The starter plate looks like a good lowbuck idea. I wonder if you could use a torque convertor instead of the flywheel?

Stand? We don't need no stinkin' stand!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndgYgQYrW7Y

Yeah, that's a really smart idea! Let's run an engine without a frame, open exhaust manifold and no cooling system. Hey, let's run it for a long time, it won't hurt it!

Mark

I made one like Dartsport's from a generator frame. I can bolt the engine on with a bell housing and support the front with scrap mounts. It was free, and I used stuff I had laying around.
Travis..

I like this one....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4mAc-Lf4j4&NR=1

I built one from 2" muffler pipe for doing calibration stuff on 2.2 and 2.5 engines.

Works good! Factory motor mounts, used a old transaxle case that the diff blew out, Omin aluminum radiator, wiring harness from an 88 CSX-T, Napa battery and a 3 gallon fuel jug.

Has casters so I can roll it about, nice and sturdy too.

Makes a nice generator in a pinch.