Mounting from the side of the block is often better for 4 cylinder
engines. Can't you find some thing on the side of the block? - 3 or 4
cast bosses for an engine mount, or an oil pump mounting flange? Then
make a suitable small plate welded directly to the tube that goes into
the engine stand. Much better then the crude 1/2 ton 1/2" plate with
swinging arms.
Derek
--- Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu> wrote:
> Yes, the bolts are 5/16" diameter (1/2" heads) -- my
> fault in typing without proofing what I said in a hurry
> to get it mounted (rented the engine hoist).
>
> So I currently have it mounted using 4 5/16" bolts
> threaded about 1/2" into the block, and it seems to
> hold fine (the engine weighs about 400 lbs with the
> head, so with the head off probably about 340 lbs).
>
> A couple folks suggested re-mounting the steel backing
> plate (the plate that attaches between the engine and
> transmission), thread in a bunch of the mounting bolts,
> and then mount the back plate to the the engine stand.
> I might do this for an extra measure of safety -- it
> definitely would spread the load better across more
> bolts.
>
> Thanks for all the feedback on this. It is a big chunk
> of iron for such a small car.
>
> doug
>
>
>
>
> "Mullen, Tim" wrote:
> > Those bolts/holes sound kind of small. Aren't there any
> > larger holes? How about the holes for the starter? Are
> > the holes that you are using meant for mounting dirt
> > shields instead of the actual transmission? I would
> > expect that the bolts should 3/8 to 1/2 inch diameter
> > bolts (not head size) and should screw into the block
> > at least an inch, if not all the way thru on the out
> > side edges...
> >
> > One problem mounting engines to stands is often finding
> > bolts long enough to reach thru the arms (especially
> > for metric bolts), another is to get enough spacing
> > between the engine stand and the block to mount the
> > flywheel. For my Elan's engine, I had to make
> > adapters - 2 x 3 inch rectangular tubing cut into
> > about 2 inch slices. A hole drilled into each end.
> > One end bolts to the engine with short bolts, the
> > other end to the arms.
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