Engine Test Stand from Scrap and Junk
For the control panel I had a pair of scrapped drawer sides, again from work. We make thousand of cabinets a day, so a lot of this stuff gets scrapped for scratches and minor blemishes. I also drew up a rough layout on CAD to help me figure out where to place things. * No idea why it rotated this? *
This is what things looked like installed. The ignition box and ballast resistor were leftover after I converted my blue car over to HEI, the coil came with the LA, and the other electrical parts I had in my collection of stuff from doing Industrial Controls engineering work for 30 years.
Here's the back side:
To attach the panel, I used a pair of drawer guides. Not the sturdiest, but it did the trick.
This is the finished product:
Total spend was $75 for the bell/flywheel, and another $2.80 for some fasteners I had to buy. Even if you had to buy the casters and the electrical parts it still wouldn't be too much. Not having to buy any steel really helps though.
For the control panel I had a pair of scrapped drawer sides, again from work. We make thousand of cabinets a day, so a lot of this stuff gets scrapped for scratches and minor blemishes. I also drew up a rough layout on CAD to help me figure out where to place things. * No idea why it rotated this? *
This is what things looked like installed. The ignition box and ballast resistor were leftover after I converted my blue car over to HEI, the coil came with the LA, and the other electrical parts I had in my collection of stuff from doing Industrial Controls engineering work for 30 years.
Here's the back side:
To attach the panel, I used a pair of drawer guides. Not the sturdiest, but it did the trick.
This is the finished product:
Total spend was $75 for the bell/flywheel, and another $2.80 for some fasteners I had to buy. Even if you had to buy the casters and the electrical parts it still wouldn't be too much. Not having to buy any steel really helps though.
