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Charmer,

I built this stand to run mine. I got a used radiator with fan and picked up the hoses from a local automotive place.

The headers and pipes are the ones for my car - I just ordered them ahead of time. At first I just ran with headers but the noise and the fact that I DO have neighbors called for the sidepipes.

The frame I actually purchased from Northern Tools for about $40 - it saved me from welding it all up. I added some channel for the radiator support, a used lawnmower gas tank, bought my MSD ignition, a used battery, and voila. Total cost was about $200 but the peace of mind that everything works is "priceless" as the commercial goes. I used my car dollies under the base, but those were hard to keep seated and the rubber caster wheels I had were too weak. I have the whole thing on a platform of wood with steel caster wheels screwed to the wood right now and that works great for moving it around. Don't worry about it tipping or anything: as long as there is nothing hooked to the flywheel, there's no torque to try to tip it.

I mounted the starter to the bottom of the frame with a plate. I just eyeballed the location and made slots in the plate to be able to mesh it with the flywheel. Don't make my mistake and mount the starter to the back - it happens to rotate the engine the wrong way....

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