Brook forgot to tell you my car came from Utah.

Here is a pic of a AMC 401 that a customer brought in mounted on the commercial stand.

I use tap water in a continuous flow to cool the engine. This is done without a thermostat in the engine. I have a shut off valve to meter the volume of water to stabilize the engine temp. I usually run them in at 180 degrees. After running the engine I pull the block plugs to drain the block and fill it with 50/50 antifreeze so no rust forms.

There are + and - to this system. The good is you dont have the bulk of a radiator in the way and have to worry about air locks and trying to maintain temp. The bad is it uses a lot of water in a 30min run in, the possibility of rust and re-removing the water neck to install a stat.

You can see the extensions I made at the rear of the stand to get the motor out of the dash area. You can also see the riser blocks to pick it up for the engine hoist clearance.

Im sure you will come up with something very cool as usual.

What part of Utah did your car come out of?

Salt Lake City.

Here is a before photo:

One more question. Does it move around much on the stand when you run it?

It does not move at all. I never lock the wheels. I think the stability is from using rubber mounts on the front and hanging the rear. This takes up a lot of the vibration.
It does rock when you throttle the engine though.

I bought my car just south of Salt Lake in Draper.

Just got the engine out of the car. The car has been off the dolly for the last couple months while I fab up a dozen different things. All the dust from cutting and grinding has been swept under the car. Now that the engine is out I can set it off the jack stands and back on the dolly; push it out and clean it up.

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Originally posted by comp2:
Michael, the 400 has the 460 bellhousing bolt pattern. That is a 460 bell housing. Don't ask me where it came from because it does not exist

Right! Now I remember the post a couple of years back when you were talking about using a 400.

Michael

Did your car at one time have a all aluminum big block in it?
I remember seeing a fancy red wide body Pantera at a show in Park City that had a all Aluminum bigblock in it. I think it also had wood inlays in the door panels.
I know I have either pics or video of the car somewhere. It was the wildest thing ever.

Just a standard cleveland. I know it had webbers on it at one time but the guy kept the webbers on trade in. He made a funky air cleaner box which used the webber air cleaners.

Making the roll bar that extends into the engine bay removable:



Welded up:



Tubed through both, will weld on nuts latter:



1 down, 3 to go!