Innovative ideas for an engine test bed…

[Ruairidh Dunford]

I am going to be building a new engine test bed soon and wonder what innovative ideas people might be willing to share please?

I need to be able to move it about.

[AustinWood]

I used to start engines just sitting on the floor. They move about all by themselves!!

[Reckless Rat]

Castors with brakes to avoid the above...

[Tony Griffiths]

Whatever you build, just put it on four top-quality castors. One workshop I saw was so full of machinery that there was only space for the owner to stand in front of one at a time. Each machine was bolted to a heavy, fabricated trolley on castors allowing it to be manoeuvred into position as required.
I made some for my own business and have one spare 40" x 18" able to take half a ton. If you'd like it, it's free for collection.

[JohnD]

I have the front half of a chassis if you want it to use ?

[Tony Betts]

hi R,

I've been thinking the same thing, as I want to revamp the workshop over the winter.

The biggest problem I've seen most people have is actually getting a fully built engine on and off?

So perhaps a small crane (homemade) on one corner, non of us are getting younger.

Tony.

[Charles P]

Perhaps with a small water brake dyno on the back end, to properly test the engine under load (rather than tune to the nth?)

c