You might have a point there. When I lived in Michigan, it seemed like people had greater basic knowledge of automobiles. Maybe it's in our/their DNA. Not so much here in Tucson...Originally Posted by BillBoost37
I'll fab up some outriggers bolted to the engine block depending on what I have in the garage. Might have to make a trip to Industrial Metal Supply next weekend. I did test fire the LQ4 without any bracing, but I left the hoist connected incase it decided to get rowdy. I remember it being fairly stable. With the addition of some support, this should be mostly safe.Brandon, are you going to be able to strap the stand down to make it sturdy enough? The engine start up stands I've seen at shops are rather large.
Exactly. I think a set of supports will be good. When these motors fire, they wind up to about 1000 rpms right away, then settle into a nice 400 rpm idle. If I make it past the initial startup without dumping it, we should be good for a couple mild throttle blips.I've seen a Cali forum dude crank up a Cobra Jet 428 breifly, no throttle whipping just low gentle off-idle revs... with some tubular lateral extensions clamped in place. Hows the saying go... Its not standing on a cliff thats dangerous, its not watching your step while you're there!
LOL. This harness should actually end up being very clean. It's like 95% stock. I ordered up some more of the TESA fabric harness tape to take it just one notch above factory, but without being too fancy. I debated very briefly, the idea of doing a wire tuck, but I really like the functionality and serviceability of the stock harness layout. I should also have enough hood clearance in the K10 to use the engine cover and hide most of it.Brandon, I like your harness-weeding pics a lot better than the maximum chaos spaghetti plate images this one ol rodder guy posts on another forum. We go back and forth making each other puke, me by rust porn and him by those confounded messes of wire.
