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Should be OK beacuse the brackets are bolting into the holes on the vertical panel not the floor.

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Reviving an old tread here but it has raised a few questions for me. I'm in need of getting my '76 Clubbie on to a spit and as you can pick up engine stands pretty cheap on eBay nowadays I was considering using these rather than manufacturing something myself.

However, in all the threads I've seen where engine stands have been used it always seems they are used on older minis where the spit goes right through the car rather than the later method with individual end mounts so my question is whether using cheap engine stands is a viable approach or not for later shells?

Also, earlier in this thread there are engine stands shown sat on wheel rims for extra height - is this essential to get ground clearance or is it simply to get a little more comfortable breathing space?

Thanks in advance.


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Nick_P wrote:

Also, earlier in this thread there are engine stands shown sat on wheel rims for extra height - is this essential to get ground clearance or is it simply to get a little more comfortable breathing space?

Thanks in advance.


I can't answer your earlier question, but for the latter then yes it helps to give it that little bit more height. They work fine, but to allow the sill to fully turn around the extra height is needed. Anything will do. Rims are pretty useful too.

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Thx for the thread revival.
I'm also looking at doing this but how high must the rotisserie be for a full revolution of the car?
I'm just thinking if I can get 2 engine stands that are high enough with a pole though the car , this will be easier than putting it up on blocks/welding a bar on the upright, etc. this way it can remain movable rather than fixed in 1 location in the garage.
Just not sure if there is such a thing as a higher/adjustable engine stand?!

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I asked the question yesterday regarding how to do this. Maybe the moderators could add this to the 'How To' section. Got started on mine just need another engine stand and I'm not paying $140 thanks supercrap!


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