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08-11-2007 02:09 PM #1
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Engine Stand Concerns BBC
I have a 1,200 lb stand and i am all most ready to start my first engine. I don't have the car yet but would like to brake the cam in and make shure it sounds all right before i install it. can i start it on the stand? i was going to make an H frame to holed the front of the engine up by the engine mounts and i just dont wont to to flip!
or some thing dumb happen!
some times i do feel like i have a crayon in the brain
1981 Chevy monte carlo + Chevy 396 = crazy FUN!
like uncle ben says.... "With great power comes great responsibility" drive safe and drive FAST!
dont be a REV Mechanic damit!!!
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08-11-2007 03:10 PM #2
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If it's just an engine stand, the answer is no. You need a stand bolted to the floor, supporting the engine at the motor mounts and at the rear. YOu also need to have the flywheel attached, water supply, cooling, gas supply and wiring.
If this motor doesn't have a roller cam, you'd need a really good stand, because you need to run the engine at 2500 rpm or so for 20 - 30 minutes to break in the cam.Jack
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08-11-2007 03:46 PM #3
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Be sure to have someone video-ing if you do it. They pay big money for these funny videos on TV.
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08-11-2007 05:13 PM #4
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There's a lot of difference between a run in stand and an engine stand as Jack said. Along with the things Jack mentioned, you're also going to need a good fan to push air through the radiator, and some sort of muffler attached to the headers so you can listen for nasty noises...Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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08-11-2007 05:28 PM #5
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Fire a BBC on an engine stand, and the engine stand is going to rotate around the motor. You don't want to try to violate Newton's third law. You'll get more than a ticket.
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Reminds me of a neighbor kid and a couple of his buddies a few years ago. His dad had pulled a complete sbc and left if laying on the ground. The kid and his buddies hooked a battery up and an ignition switch and poured some gas down the carb. It took awhile, but it did finally fire for a few seconds and watching those kids scramble was priceless. Just wish I'd had a camera.
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My cousin and I fired up a Dodge flathead six sitting on the ground,it idled fine, but he snapped the throttle open and the thing went rolling across the ground. Just lucky it went away from us! We were like 10 or 12 years old, not too bright.
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08-11-2007 07:07 PM #8
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Every action has an equal but opposite reaction. Plan on it.Jack
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08-11-2007 08:34 PM #9
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well i was going to run cooling the flywheel will be attached. the stand i have has 4 legs and we are going to bolt it to the ground or sandbag it.c I was going to add support to the engine with the H frame. the H frame well mount to the engine mounts then to the ground to holed up the frount of the engine.
it is a bbc 402some times i do feel like i have a crayon in the brain
1981 Chevy monte carlo + Chevy 396 = crazy FUN!
like uncle ben says.... "With great power comes great responsibility" drive safe and drive FAST!
dont be a REV Mechanic damit!!!
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08-11-2007 08:42 PM #10
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Sandbags won't hold it. Are you perpared to run it for 30 minutes or so to break it in? If not, you may wipe the cam.Jack
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08-11-2007 09:41 PM #11
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yeah for th 30 min
man i wouldn't think the engine would flip a stand or go crazy on the ground i have seen vids on you tube of an OLDS disel and a olds 350 gas engine they rocked a little when reved but thats itLast edited by BBMonte; 08-11-2007 at 09:55 PM.
some times i do feel like i have a crayon in the brain
1981 Chevy monte carlo + Chevy 396 = crazy FUN!
like uncle ben says.... "With great power comes great responsibility" drive safe and drive FAST!
dont be a REV Mechanic damit!!!
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I wonder how many "wild adventures" started with those words?
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08-12-2007 08:21 AM #13
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Go ahead then . . . and take a video. You may be a new star on Youtube.Last edited by Henry Rifle; 08-12-2007 at 08:28 AM.
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08-12-2007 09:04 AM #14
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OK_j...elated&search=
They disabled the comments on this video because of me.
I put as a comment,what a great way to learn unsafe shop methods and endanger everyone around the engine
I also put that this is a sorry excuse for a engine teacher and these kids will have bad habits that will be hard to get rid of and that I could not believe this was a credited class taught at schools.This type of thing at a school is unacceptable and should not be tolerated.
I understand if stroker Mcgurk wants to fire the motor up like that ,not a accredited school shop teacher.........
This is big accredited engine school................sad stuff here .I cant even begin to list all the no no s here........I bet the exaust is real good in a enclosed shop enviroment.....Last edited by shawnlee28; 08-12-2007 at 09:11 AM.
Its gunna take longer than u thought and its gunna cost more too(plan ahead!)
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08-12-2007 10:30 AM #15
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well the stand i have it a lot more hared core then the one in that vid. i am going to bolt it to the Flore with RED HEADS and run the brace off the front engine mounts to the stand and the ground to holed it up instead of all the wate on the back.
i know u think i am being ignorant about all the info guys gave me but i will take all the steps to make it safe. i Will post a vidsome times i do feel like i have a crayon in the brain
1981 Chevy monte carlo + Chevy 396 = crazy FUN!
like uncle ben says.... "With great power comes great responsibility" drive safe and drive FAST!
dont be a REV Mechanic damit!!!
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