weight?
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From: Bonheiden Belgium Europe
weight?
Hi all,
Can someone tell me the weight of the :
chassis without suspension,
BB 396 engine
and the body without doors,hood,decklid and interior.
This all for a 65 C2.
thx Ray
Can someone tell me the weight of the :
chassis without suspension,
BB 396 engine
and the body without doors,hood,decklid and interior.
This all for a 65 C2.
thx Ray
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This will get you back to the top. I think some of the guys have this stuff down virtually to the pound. There was a thread on this some months ago. A bare frame doesn't weight all that much, maybe 175 lbs roughly. I think depending on type of intake manifold material, a stripped of accessories BB is going to be somewhere around 600 to 650 lbs. A stripped down body without front/rear glass, etc is not going to weight a lot, maybe 400 to 450 lbs.
Dan
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Thx Dan
I just wanted to know so I can buy the proper hoist and engine stand.
Here in Europe the standard enginestand is more for 4 cylinder engines.
I found one that can manage 1000lbs, that should do the job.
And a 1 ton hoist to lift engine and body should also be fine I guess.
Ray
I just wanted to know so I can buy the proper hoist and engine stand.
Here in Europe the standard enginestand is more for 4 cylinder engines.
I found one that can manage 1000lbs, that should do the job.
And a 1 ton hoist to lift engine and body should also be fine I guess.
Ray
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An all iron BBC will be okay on a 1000 lb engine stand if you aren't going to do a lot of work on it. The 1000 is probably a static load and does not account for applying loads when working on the engine. I have a 1000 lb stand I use for just holding an engine. I have welded extra braces and it is still "springy" with a BBC on it. Also, I would recommend you get one with four points of contact with the ground. I have seen the ones with three casters tip over just being pushed across the shop floor = bent pulleys and injured foot. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by Vogie
An all iron BBC will be okay on a 1000 lb engine stand if you aren't going to do a lot of work on it. The 1000 is probably a static load and does not account for applying loads when working on the engine. I have a 1000 lb stand I use for just holding an engine. I have welded extra braces and it is still "springy" with a BBC on it. Also, I would recommend you get one with four points of contact with the ground. I have seen the ones with three casters tip over just being pushed across the shop floor = bent pulleys and injured foot. Good luck.
I had an intermediate weight engine stand (I think listed at 1000 lb) made in China and was not real confident in it with my BB, even with aluminum heads and intake. I ended up cutting a 1 inch thick board and coping one end to fit the radius at the front of the oil pan lip and wedged it against the lower engine stand leg to take some of the engine weight and reduce the moment force on the stand upright. Just pushing it in place would raise the front of the engine a couple of inches. Get the biggest, strongest stand you can. Dan
