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Feb 2, 2014 | 09:35 AM

#16

oldmerc

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From: Edmonton,Alberta

Yes Ross it's Sunday morning and theirs nothing else to do but play on the computer ,drink coffee and cook eggs while the rest of the house sleeps

Feb 2, 2014 | 09:50 AM

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EffieTrucker

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Originally Posted by Doc

Ditto. I think mine was on the stand a little longer.

Mine was on the stand for over two years as well.

My stand is a home made thing, with only three legs and no wheels, so it doesn't get moved around. If I move it at all it's with the hoist. I think next project I'm going to weld a piece across the front to make it's footprint an "H" instead of a "T".

Feb 2, 2014 | 10:34 AM

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ChuckRob

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From: Prescott AZ.

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Originally Posted by oldmerc

To clarify my last response I was referring to a Flat head V8 . you can put an itty bitty OHV V8 on any old thing .

Some OHV's are a little heavier than you think. A 239 Flathead weighs 569Lbs. A stock cast iron 460 weighs 720Lbs. and the one that is on the stand with the alu heads weighs about 640Lbs.
http://www.35pickup.com/mulligan/weight.txt

Feb 2, 2014 | 12:58 PM

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fabieber

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From: Ridgefield, Washington

Thank you guys. I initially had more angst about the actual engine casting not breaking than I did about the stand. Then when I put the stand on the engine and heard the "moans" like ChuckRob says my concerns shifted.

Does a flathead actually weigh more than he 239?

Feb 2, 2014 | 02:50 PM

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ALBUQ F-1

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From: NM

It's real hard to compare weights. There is a listing that has been on the internet for 20 years, but it is 90% anecdotal numbers (what someone told the guy making the list). So some weights are for an engine with heads, intake manifold, exhaust manifolds, starter, generator, carb, etc. and others are for partially stripped engines. Who knows what the basis for some of them is -- shipping weight on a pallet?

I've heard (anecdotal info!) that the Y-blocks weighed less than flatheads because they have a 5-main bearing crankshaft with smaller counterweights. But then their heads must weigh more?

Feb 2, 2014 | 03:38 PM

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larryb346

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From: SW Missouri

I seem to remember somewhere in the deep dark recesses of my mind a caution to not mount flatheads by the rear flanges as they could break. I can't remember the years might be earlier ones. It was recommended to mount them by making brackets from the stand out and bolting them through the exhaust ports. Does that ring a bell with anyone?

Feb 2, 2014 | 04:23 PM

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4tl8ford

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From: Erie, pa

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Originally Posted by larryb346

That warning applies to the 48 and older cars and 47 and older Truck 59 and older series engines with the half cast bellhousing
NOTE: the above is per the word of the Internet and hours and hours of bench racing