Quick! Transporting an engine block
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Burning Brakes
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Quick! Transporting an engine block
With any luck and barring any f**k ups, I should be going to pick up my big block within the hour. How do I transport it in the back of my S-10? Ol'boy says to put it in an old tire, and then strap it in, but I'm not so sure I like that idea for traveling almost 2 hours.
Drifting
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Re: Quick! Transporting an engine block (ddn)
I vote with the Ol'boys - tire will keep it from rolling around. Of course if you are going to strap it down, it could just as easily ride on a couple of well placed 2X4's...
Good luck, by the way if you don't strap it at all - just DON'T HIT THE BRAKES
Good luck, by the way if you don't strap it at all - just DON'T HIT THE BRAKES
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Re: Quick! Transporting an engine block (rrent)
I moved a small block using a tire and two straps.
Set the tire under the oil pan, or more like the oil pan in the tire.
The motor I was moving had the original mounting hooks on it still, so I ran a ratchet strap from each of these to the hold down hooks in the truck.
Good luck -- have fun with the new motor.
Set the tire under the oil pan, or more like the oil pan in the tire.
The motor I was moving had the original mounting hooks on it still, so I ran a ratchet strap from each of these to the hold down hooks in the truck.
Good luck -- have fun with the new motor.
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From: Phoenix AZ
Re: Quick! Transporting an engine block (BSeery)
An old tire will work, plus you may want to block it here and there to get it fairly stable. I would darn sure not use anything less than four good, strong staps - one towards each corner of the bed. I was hauling a 396 in an old El Camino, went around a corner here in good old AZ, then spotted 3 or 4 cows right in front of me - had to hit the brakes hard from about 50 mph. Had I not used 4 tight straps to hold that engine in place, I might still have knots on my head from getting smacked by a BBC.
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