I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for engine test stands.
I saw a guy on ebay recently selling an engine with an interesting home made
add on to an engine stand to make it into a test stand. Item 130039287806 on
ebay if you want to look at what he built.
It looks like an interesting idea, although I have no idea if it is really
stable enough or not.
Basically I have the original 260 V8 sitting on an cheap engine stand The
PO said that the only thing wrong with it was that the valve seals leaked,
and it made a huge smoke cloud behind it when you let off the pedal. Who
knows how true that was, and how long then engine has really been on the
stand not running. I doubt I would feel comfortable enough with that
evaluation to simply replace the valve seals and then stick the engine back
in the car.
My Tiger currently has a 5 bolt 289 in it that leaks like the Exxon Valdez,
and burns some oil on the passenger side bank. So it sound like I really
have two engines that need a rebuild.
So my plan would probably be to rebuild the 260, and once done, swap with
the 289... then rebuild the 289. But I think having an engine sitting around
that is never run, probably isn't good. Would it be better to have it on a
test stand and fire it up and run it up to operating temp once a month?
Any thoughts on the usefulness of an engine test stand and a cheap way to
build one?
Thanks,
Steve
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