RE: [alfa] engine stands

["TJ Noto" <tj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have two stands in my shop now, one is a cheap Harbor Freight thing
that cost under 100 bucks.  The other is a beautiful 175 dollar item
that came from a machine shop up in Northern California and is gorgeous
and would probably hold a v12 RR Merlin.

Both are quite capable of handling the feathery Alfa unit, but each
would be incomplete without Jim Steck's Autocomponenti Alfa engine
adapter.  The end that fits in the stand is a universal size (1 7/8" or
something) but the other end allows you to bolt the Alfa block from the
engine mount side so that the engine can be turned over about it's
longitudinal axis rather than the conventional lateral.  It's a work of
art, and priced very well.

I think his website is autocomponenti.com, perhaps he'll pipe up and
tell you how to get one. 

Well worth the money and a great way to support a fellow Alfisti.

Regards,
TJ

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf
Of P
> Hood
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:50 PM
> To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: [alfa] engine stands
> 
> Hi, All: I wonder if the collective wisdom of the digest can provide
me
> with some good advice for an engine stand to rebuild a 2l engine...I
know
> that some are better than others, is there one brand or model that
really
> shines? Any feature in particular to look for? Any brand or gimmicks
to
> run the other way from? I am leaning towards a 1000pound unit, not
> because our engines are anywhere near 1000#, but because the 750#
units
> all seem to be a "T" base, and they just don't look very stable to me.
> One of the local fellows here has a stand that mounts to the engine
mount
> bolt pattern, freeing up both  the forward and aft ends of the engine
> block...sounds like a good design to me. Thoughts? I know there is a
> wealth of experience out there in this vein.  Thanks to all.  Pat Hood
in
> Seattle, rainy again,  '78 Spider  'Bits o' Berlinas everywhere...need
> parts?
> 
>
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