Engine stand to engine bolt strength

[tut]

just use really wide zipties.

[Rdyno]

i use 10.9's only because there all i can find in the old bolts draw the right size for my engine

[Greg Rust]

I reckon a clevo with cast iron heads would be on the scale of heavy, near the top, I just used some black grade 8.8 fasteners random length with some big nuts as washers.

Don't stress.

[OvlovMan]

Don't stress.

I'm starting to see a common theme emerging here ...

:D

[Greg Rust]

Stress your fastener, not your head.

[uuheels]

Just be sure they engage as much thread as possible, especially in an alloy block.

[Lonx]

I think I re-used the old nissan head bolts to hold up my CA

[Gammaboy]

I reckon a clevo with cast iron heads would be on the scale of heavy, near the top, I just used some black grade 8.8 fasteners random length with some big nuts as washers.

Don't stress.

I was always more worried about the flex in the stand - used to have a prop under the balancer when rolling it cross country to keep it from fatigueing at the bottom joints...

[caged]

I welded nuts to some studs and rounded off the hex so they fitted inside the sleeve on the engine stand and used normal bell housing bolts into them. It looks as dodgy as it sounds.

[Commotion]

I've got Holden 6cyl head bolts holding a Clevo and a 250 crossflow on the engine stands at work. Use whatever you can find, the higher the grade the better though.

what kind of engine stand do you have the clevo on? we tried 2 different stands when attempting to do a rear main on the boat motor. even tried welding steel onto the second one to stiffen it and it was still creaking and groaning. we gave up and took it to the engine builder to deal with.

[Commotion]

I've got Holden 6cyl head bolts holding a Clevo and a 250 crossflow on the engine stands at work. Use whatever you can find, the higher the grade the better though.

what kind of engine stand do you have the clevo on? we tried 2 different stands when attempting to do a rear main on the boat motor. even tried welding steel onto the second one to stiffen it and it was still creaking and groaning. we gave up and took it to the engine builder to deal with.

[x]

Luxury.
Mine's got bolts that have been cut in half and welded back together with extensions to make them long enough.

Opened thread to say this. I used some 8mm round bar to extend the bolts in mine...

[Shifty]

i use 10.9's only because there all i can find in the old bolts draw the right size for my engine

I amnot even going to start correcting this.

[Greg Rust]

I amnot even going to start correcting this.

I'm

[Billzilla]

Photo of one of our half-arsed bolts for lols.