I have lifted many big blocks with the tranny and accessories. With the plate bolted to an aluminum intake. I trust 4 bolts more than a chain and 2 bolts. Kim
AgreeI pull em fully loaded , transmissions and all, not to mention the tugging and pulling I do. I will always use a chain.
Ever look up the tensile strength of a 5/16 stud?
You can lift an entire SB with ONE stud!
As long as the threads in intake are good, not an issue.
Years ago I worked at a shop that had blocks stored on a mezzanine above the work area. I scored my first 440 block from the shop owner for free and had to get it down with the shops overhead crane. Problem was the crane was at max height and the 440 block was about 2 feet higher. Apparently the block was put up there on a skid with a forklift--I was a lot younger and dumb and daring. Basically I had to shove the block off the roof and watch it plunge about two feet before the slack was taken up on the crane's chain at max height. At least I had it secured with one yes one 5/16" bolt in one of the timing cover holes through one of those lifting rings with 4 bolts in it! It held but was scary as hell . Tensile strength of a bolt in straight shear is immense-4 of these bolts could lift a whole car from a throttle cable that's connected off a backhoe bucket--Ask me how I know. J.Rob
I would like to say I was 19 but I had just turned 20. J.RobMan...you must have been young!! I had a 4.2 for a CJ-7 being delivered to my house and the truck didn't have a lift gate. So I run my hoist down the driveway to the truck and it's about a foot too short. Slid the engine on the pallet out and let it swing!! Just glad the hoist didn't topple over! Don't think I'd be as daring now!!
Is it a bad idea to lift the motor using a carburetor plate with an aluminum intake?View attachment 1715007541
-- Lots of people do it -- Not Me.-- Is it a bad idea to lift the motor using a carburetor plate with an aluminum intake? --
i can totally see this - i am porting my intake as we speak and I was wondering about the exact issue this thread is asking....because there is VERY little meat left in many of my runners....stock intake i wouldn't worry....I'll say it again, just so when it happens to someone, they'll have been warned.
You can use the plate on intakes that are stock, or have very little porting. If you actually port the intake and do the plenum, I can break the intake manifold. I have done it.
It has zero to do with the stud. It has to do with where the load is distributed through the intake. If it gets thin, it can pop the plenum. Been there, done that.
If you are using a stock intake, or you don't believe in porting your intake, then you are golden.