- 1. [Fot] Testing an engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark J. Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:27:20 -0700
- So saturday evening we had the annual potluck dinner and planning meeting for the British Motor CLub of Utah. I won't annoy you all with an in-depth report, but something did come up that I've been m
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00118.html (7,060 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Fot] Testing an engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:51:27 -0800
- I've done exactly that with the motor just sitting on it's pan on the garage floor. Plumbed up a radiator, plugged the heater outlets, stuck a bolt in the T-gage fitting and hooked up an oil pressur
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00120.html (7,127 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Fot] Testing an engine (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:54:18 -1000
- It's always a nervous time, but containment isn't really necessary. I have a heavy engine/transmission stand that I built to run motors. It mounts the motor and transmission just as it would be in a
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00125.html (9,466 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Fot] Testing an engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Guinan" <joeg@neb.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:45:29 -0600
- A friend of mine out in Maryland - Paul Tegler - built himself a test stand with a radiator and a control panel for the ignition switch and gauges so he could test engines. Link is - http://www.tegle
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00129.html (8,453 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Fot] Testing an engine (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:09:26 GMT
- When we ran the dyno in the engine lab in college we just ran the coolant hoses into a trough of water. Nothing too fancy. Since then the school now has nice dyno cells to contain the bits as they fl
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00141.html (8,812 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Fot] Testing an engine (score: 1)
- Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:28:59 -0600
- Uncle Jack made such a stand from angle iron and some surplus gauges, as I recall. Very handy to check for leaks before the engine is in the field. If you have the gas tank above the carbs, you don't
- /html/fot/2007-02/msg00144.html (10,314 bytes)
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