where do you guys stick the fittings from the engine stand...? I got the engine stand they sell thru JCWhitney's.

 

i believe i have that same stand.

you will need to get bolts that match the threads of the block and that are long enough to go through the support holes. i personally used extra chassis bolts i had laying around for the top, and bought the bottom ones from a local hardware store. used washers too. also try putting the upper stand portion onto the block while it's not on the stand, that way there isn't as much of a chance to cross-thread the bolts. much easier to lay the block on the ground or workbench and attach the upper section via the 4 bolts, then slide it all onto the stand.

 

Last time I used an engine stand, we had to cut the fittings on the stand down about halfway because we couldn't find the proper length bolts. Just a suggestion.

 

if those didnt help, you bolt the engine stand into where the tranny bolts on just use 4 of the holes best to try and use 4 corners

 

Front crossmember bolts off of 88-91civic/crx's work well.
You can see kinda how I mounted mine.

 

I tryed to use a stand..but put down a trash bag on a wood table and built it on there...

 

Use M12x1.25 bolts for the two upper tranny holes and longer bolts/washers/nuts for the lower unthreaded holes. Take a measurement of the stand's finger lengths and buy a bolt that's long enough from the hardware store.

I also mount our engines the same way as Tbone has illustrated. It distributes the weight more evenly.

 

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I also mount our engines the same way as Tbone has illustrated. It distributes the weight more evenly.</TD></TR></TABLE>



that's some good info. i also mount the block the same way as Tbone pictured.
works great. BTW, that's one clean block you got there!

 

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. BTW, that's one clean block you got there! </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks man , see my sig for the pics of my build.

 

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I also mount our engines the same way as Tbone has illustrated. It distributes the weight more evenly.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Good info, saved me some writing. Instead of buying a bolt that is long enough though, I just bought a long bolt rod and cut it to lenght.

 

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yeah, nice looking motor. i saw those pics a little while back. i forgot that was your buildup. it's lookin real good.

so is it all together and running yet?

 

I wasn't able to find bolts (M12x1.25) that were long enough and ended up buying a piece of threaded rod from McMasterCarr.

It wasn't cheap!

Wes

 

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You can see kinda how I mounted mine.

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Looks like he also has the bottom of the blocks milled. All the studs are out and it has a fresh finish on it.

 

Funny, I did my head the same way... I never realized what an *** it is to get theose little keeprs in.

 

if you're talking about Tbone's block in his pic, i believe it's a new Dart block.
that would explain why it's so clean. i was wondering how it was so clean myself til i checked one of his older posts about the buildup.

 

ALLS U NEED YO IS SUM 4 BIG DUDES N YER SET, U DONT EVEN NEED THAT SHIZNIT YO.

ok, on a serious note do wut the guy sed at top, use a workbench or sumthing of that sort, then CAREFULLY slide it onto the engine hoist.

good luck.

 

Yeah. I realized that after a while too.