Plans for Building an Engine Test Stand

[ccm399]

Ok, I have been trying to remember some of the dimensions for you. Here is what I have.

The tubing is 2x2 the top rail on the cart is 24" off the floor with a 36" crank center line (I'm 6'6" tall). I am fairly sure the cart was 36" long. The slots are about 3" long. The bolts through the rails are 1/2". I am fairly certain the cross bar is about 40" but you would only need it to be this wide if you planned to use a front plate for mounting (like the engine in the picture).

Chris

[LowchevyII]

man that is a good lookin stand, again, i appreciate your time spent posting the pics and info. If its not too much of a stretch, would you happen to have any rear pictures of it? no biggy if not, youve done quite a bit as it is


thanks!

jeff

[MarkM66]

Check over on chevelles.com , there are a bunch of good post about it.

[LowchevyII]

Originally Posted by MarkM66

Check over on chevelles.com , there are a bunch of good post about it.

thanks! ill go check that out

--Jeff

[ccm399]

Originally Posted by LowchevyII

man that is a good lookin stand, again, i appreciate your time spent posting the pics and info. If its not too much of a stretch, would you happen to have any rear pictures of it? no biggy if not, youve done quite a bit as it is


thanks!

jeff

Unfortunately I do not have any rear pics. Although the rear would not be very useful as I used a "mid plate" to mount the rear of the motor not a bell housing. If I were doing it I would get a 1/4" thick plate of steel a little bigger than the tranny mount on the bell housing (guessing I would say 12" wide and maybe 14-16" tall should more than do it). This would allow you to drill different holes if you needed to mount different housing to it.

Chris

[LowchevyII]

no sweat, thank you for the info, i really appreciate it. thanks again to everyone also for responding. keep teh good info coming