show me your engine test stand

those are pretty cool.. think'n that might be a good next project....

 

What were those judges thinking....red ribbon indeed....I see BLUE ribbon here...!

 

Threw this thing together years ago to test an engine I had built. It wasn't pretty and looked pretty flimsy but it served the purpose for a long time.



Got tired of people wanting to bring their engines to my shop for a test run, so I built one that was easy to take to their location.




I built a docking dolly that the stand could be off loaded onto when I needed to use the trailer as a motorcycle trailer. I don't have any pictures of it finished.

Drew

 

No driveline transmitting torque to the ground so no torsional counter response.
They just run and rev to the moon really easily with no drivetrain resistance.

 

Here is the basic

and one under development

 

Did this one a couple of years back. Originally built Flathead specific. Built from drops and remnants.
Watched a guy checking it out Garage Night. I said "I'm taking orders" He replied "HELL, I'm taking measurements". Regards, Ron