Rotisserie with engine in situ

As long as it's man enough to support the weight of a fully-laden car (usually about a ton per side for a good one) Then I'd have no problems with it supporting the weight of the car+engine....

But you're expecting the engine mounts to not just be squished by the engine, and give some lateral location.... but also to have the engine then hang off the same small bits of rubber...


It's possible, but I personally would never even consider it

I agree with chairchild. I wouldn't be worried about the rotisserie, I'd be worried about your engine falling out of the inverted car and smashing on the ground. Just take it out, it'll be much easier and safer!

You don't have to have an engine crane for every engine removal. It completely depends on the car. Unless the front end is very high and can't be removed then it can come out the front. If you can't do that then sometimes it will come out from below. If you are rebuilding or refurbishing the engine you can sepearate it in the car so it is split down in to more managable chunks. i.e. take the head off, separate it from the gearbox, take the ancilierys off so you are left with just the block and then use a bit of rope or something to lift the block out. If you are only doing it once then save yourself the cost of the engine hoist.

You can hire engine hoists as well. HSS lend them out.

If it's a not-too heavy car, unbolt the engine/subframe assembly, and with the help of a couple of mates, lift the car up over the engine, and wheel it backwards

I thought this was going to be about an engine powered rotisserie (for sausages, chickens, etc).

I think you'd be safe if he used it on a Jag.

I'd be buying an engine crane before a rotisserie. Far more useful.

I've only ever needed a rotisserie once and then I made one with the frame in timber and a scaffold pole as the main beam through the car, clamped on to a frame bolted acroiss the rear shock towers. That was only a Mini van though. We used an old garden swing with a worm and wheel winch slung over it for years as an engine crane, though the top bar had to be replaced with a scaffold pole when we tried to lift a Triumph straight 6. The folding crane I bought a few years ago has seen plenty of action, collecting engines, doing swaps, lifting motorbikes into trailers...