"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
12/19/2014 at 10:35 • Filed to: None
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"Sweet Trav" (thespunbearing)
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Has anyone built one?
Any Idea where to get scrap blocks? Craigslist seems to be priced at least for the core price you'd get
I was thinking a SBC for the coffee table, and two Ecotecs for end tables.
Rainbow
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 10:38 |
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I've been planning on building a table with camshafts for legs and a whole bunch of gaskets arranged to form a perfect rectangle for the top. (covered in glass, of course)
Only problem there is it hasn't been done before, so I don't know how it would actually look.
itschrome
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 10:40 |
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I want one built with a Northstar v8 block
yamahog
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 10:41 |
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10/10 would include in my home decor, maybe if my 4.0 ever kicks the bucket it'd make a nice bedside table.
Also need some of these bad boys to go with it:
Vicente Esteve
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 10:41 |
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Right now I am building one. Its a V8 Chevy engine from a big ass truck, I just finished getting it painted. I need to find a way to hold the glass and come up with a price. Sorry, no photos.
Nibbles
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 10:42 |
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I'm planning on doing some things like this, but the only block I'd have available is a slant-4. Not good for a table :\
So I'ma do something with the head and camshafts, maybe other innards I'm not re-using.
Takuro Spirit
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 10:45 |
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I have a DISI 2.3L out of a CX-7 I was planning on turning into a table, then moved and now have nowhere to put it.
T5Killer
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 10:51 |
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I have been tempted to build one out of a Ford modular V8 block since the 2v are cheap. I just have to wait till the kids are older.
Little Black Coupe Turned Silver
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 11:06 |
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If (let's be honest, when) I blow up the Cobalt, I fully plan on making it into a table. I also wouldn't mind making one with a V-something so that I can use it as a wine rack, since I don't think it would work as well with the Ecotec.
claramag, Mustaco Master
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 11:22 |
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That's the working plan for my ol ford 3.8, when she eventually kicks it. In my dreams the stang gets an i6 and the v6 becomes memorial table
I just hope she can last a few more years
BorkBorkBjork
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 11:23 |
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Go find a local scrap yard or automotive recycler. We found one in DFW that scraps unusable engine blocks and parts and ultimately the metal. We gave them a call, said we wanted an aluminum V8, and by the time we arrived they had a nice Aluminum 5.4 Ford block cleaned and ready for us. The block was slightly, almost unnoticeably, damaged from a frontal impact (small crack around the water pump) and we got it for scrap aluminum price, which was about $75 at the time.
Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 11:31 |
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A prof I had in university had an old inline 4 Volvo motor cut right down the middle and a piece of glass on top for a coffee table in his office. It was pretty awesome and he said he got the block cut with a big bandsaw and each piece cut in half and put back in place.
Autofixation
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 11:36 |
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I have a Subaru engine in my garage that is headed for a table at some point. I really want to do a kind of exploded view of the engine with suspended parts.
Manual Transition
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 11:44 |
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If you are building this for yourself, I would suggest choosing an engine that you are a fan of. Check your local salvage yards. If you do find the correct block and it happens to be a filthy mess, search for a local business that can media blast the block.
TxBrumski
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 11:44 |
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Have you tried your local pick-n-pull junkyard? I'd think that they would have a pretty good selection of blocks. I've been wanting to do the same thing but haven't started the search for the materials yet.
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Sweet Trav
> Little Black Coupe Turned Silver
12/19/2014 at 12:00 |
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the biggest bottles of wine are 4in in diameter, same as a small block Chevy bore.
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Little Black Coupe Turned Silver
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 12:04 |
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It's more the fact the V should would be easier to fit the bottles in from an access standpoint since they are tilted.
XJDano
> Sweet Trav
12/19/2014 at 21:50 |
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I have 2 I'm working on, or not working on.
The 4.0 jeep motor: I started one tore it down then sold o for $50 then bought another for $50, it is still strapped to them moving dolly from when I brought it home.
The 1MZFE ALUMINUM block 6cly that's in Lexus rx300 around the late 90's.
After I tore down the first 4.0 that thing is super heavy, so I got the aluminum block thinking it'd be lighter, and haven't gotten very far on it.
The 4.0 I want to build for a buddy's 4wd/ keep shop for showroom and maybe trade some parts or labor for it.