Last year, out of the blue, I ran across someone that was selling a
1600 engine. The owner had mounted the complete engine set up on a
flatbed push dolly (mesh deck cart). Fabricated rails and a cut out in
the dolly's mesh flat top let the engine sit on top much like it is
suppose to in a car and made allowances for oil pan access. The
radiator bracket,actually the push handle of the cart, also held a
panel for the gauges and switches.
I never found out the motivation behind the elaborate set up aside
from some serious peaking and tweaking or perhaps some teaching aid.
All it really needed was a differential and it would've been the
fastest dolly that I have n/ever seen. I wish I had more details or
pictures for inspiration. Although intended as a half meant joke at
the time, I remember sending pictures to a friend of mine. I will do
some digging around and send anything I find.
The set up I saw had a wide wheel base and seemed stable. I would be
careful of center gravity. Lots of rotational force and torque in a
running engine. More important, I would be careful about spending too
much time/money on the cart and not your car. =) Unless resources
are unlimited, a project like that, if parts are not available in the
junk pile that the wife/GF or neighbors have repeatedly told you to
throw away, can get as costly as a car w/o trying.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Waltz" <printner@comcast.net>
To: "datsun-roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 07:58
Subject: testing engine on frame
> I'm still a long ways off from doing this, but I also think it may
take a
> lot of work to get ready.
>
> I'll hopefully be rebuilding my engine this summer, and want to test
it on
> the frame/chassis once it's done. (before I drop a body on it and
have to
> pull it if there's problems.
>
> Somehow, I need to come up with a contraption that will hold the:
>
> radiator
> battery
> small fuel tank
> ignition switch and coil.
>
> Is there anything else I'm missing? Has anyone else done this, and
would
> they share ideas to get me started?
>
> Or, am I just crazy?
>
> Tim
> Colorado 67.5's
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