Twin Charged FD - Fraternal Twins

RX SE7EN · 03-09-2012, 12:47 AM

My garage is a mess due to the move, so after 2 hours of looking for a bolt the other night, I decided I better clean it up and get organized.

The biggest obstacle is the engine crane. I have an engine stand, but no adapter for a rotary. So I had to make one, this will allow me to wheel the engine into the corner on a stand, and fold up the crane. This will give me enough space to put the car on dolleys and spin it sideways and work on it in the middle of the garage with plenty of room to work on it.

Here is how to make a rotary engine adapter for a standard stand.

4 feet of home depot 1/4" thick steel 2" angle iron
A bunch of bolts and some good drill bits.
Angle grinder to cut the angle iron
Drill

Two pieces of angle iron cut, with holes drilled. These both have 3 holes on one side so you can bolt them together. One has 2 holes that bolt to the piece that came with the stand, and the other has 4 holes that bolt to the front iron on the block:

Here you can see I drilled 2 new holes in the piece that came with the stand. This allows me to center the weight of the engine a little better.

How much space it was taking up:

Decided to tear down the long block. I've never had a stock engine before, now I know why people don't like to work on them haha. Single turbo engines are so much cleaner and easy to maintain.

Pile of junk (most of it is pretty well cooked):

03-09-2012, 12:47 AM	#10
RX SE7EN Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 183 Rep Power: 16	My garage is a mess due to the move, so after 2 hours of looking for a bolt the other night, I decided I better clean it up and get organized. The biggest obstacle is the engine crane. I have an engine stand, but no adapter for a rotary. So I had to make one, this will allow me to wheel the engine into the corner on a stand, and fold up the crane. This will give me enough space to put the car on dolleys and spin it sideways and work on it in the middle of the garage with plenty of room to work on it. Here is how to make a rotary engine adapter for a standard stand. 4 feet of home depot 1/4" thick steel 2" angle iron A bunch of bolts and some good drill bits. Angle grinder to cut the angle iron Drill Two pieces of angle iron cut, with holes drilled. These both have 3 holes on one side so you can bolt them together. One has 2 holes that bolt to the piece that came with the stand, and the other has 4 holes that bolt to the front iron on the block: Here you can see I drilled 2 new holes in the piece that came with the stand. This allows me to center the weight of the engine a little better. How much space it was taking up: Decided to tear down the long block. I've never had a stock engine before, now I know why people don't like to work on them haha. Single turbo engines are so much cleaner and easy to maintain. Pile of junk (most of it is pretty well cooked):