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Re: Taking on another project. Engine break-in stand
[Re: Tech Instructor]
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12/30/14 12:37 AM
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I ordered the metal on line Sunday and its cut and on its way today. With the holiday UPS says I should have it on Friday.
1970 Duster
Edelbrock headed 408
5.984@112.52
422 Indy headed small block
5.982@112.56 mph
9.42@138.27
Livin and lovin life one day at a time
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Re: Taking on another project. Engine break-in stand
[Re: pittsburghracer]
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12/30/14 01:31 AM
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Re: Taking on another project. Engine break-in stand
[Re: markz528]
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12/30/14 10:21 PM
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I went a little different route with mine. Space is a premium over here, and I didn't want to have something else to store that would take up a lot of room. I made up some brackets that sit on the legs of a cherry picker. They take up almost no room and are very easy to set up on the hoist. Here are a couple pictures:
I love it but how do you get the motor on and off?
I use the hoist to put the motor on and off of itself. In the pictures above the boom is extended out, but when I am putting the engine on it I have the boom slid all the way in. I use a long 3-4 foot chain so there is enough slack to allow the engine to spin 180 degrees from coming off a engine stand.
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Re: Taking on another project. Engine break-in stand
[Re: markz528]
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12/30/14 11:19 PM
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As promised, a few more pics. Some of these were when I was building it still. The 383 was the first engine I built the stand for and ran. As you can see, the front legs just float on the bottom of the stand and are adjustable, I have 3 different sets of mounts so far, they just slide in the top and I run a bolt through to set the required height.  This shows the rear. The rear plate is drilled for various bellhousings. I actually use the front of a automatic trans case that was cut off being for the BBM and SBM as Chrysler bellhousings are a small fortune. I scored a harder to find big flywheel Chebby bellhousing for a song at a swap meet, they are normally a hundred dollars too. Goal here is to keep the parts as cheap as possible unless your going to run 5 engines a week on the thing.   With a BB Chebby on it, but you can see the blue pump mounted on the side. Also seen is the exhaust I use. 
Outcast Dodge guy.
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Re: Taking on another project. Engine break-in stand
[Re: '72CudaRacer]
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12/31/14 09:55 PM
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When you used the 727 AT bellhousing, what do you use for a ring gear? A standard flywheel maybe?
Brian
I actually used old torque converters and sliced the front off just past the ring gear. I have three of them, 727 big and small pattern, and a 904. Just bolt them up to whatever flexplate the engine is using---you did remember to have the flexplate balanced with the rotating assembly, right?
If you know the right people that hang on to junk, you can usually get it for free. The only thing on the bells/converters I paid for was for the BB bell ($75 shipped---still cheaper than an actual clutch bellhousing). I basically paid someone their time to cut it off where I requested and ship it to me. All the rest of the bells and converter stuff was donated to me.
The Chebby stuff is easy, the flexplates have a ring gear on them, and I have a small stack of them I somehow accumulated without knowing.
Outcast Dodge guy.
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