smartest engine leveler I've ever seen

[owenst7]

Mac's Tie Downs had a booth out at the hammers for the past couple years and I've been wanting one of these ever since. I ended up buying a crate l31 for my DD last week so I finally ordered one of their levelers. FYI, even though its not listed, the TPI adapter kit works perfect on vortec heads (or pretty much any SBC I suppose. If I didn't have a plastic intake manifold, the base is drilled to thread right in place of the throttle body. The attention to detail is impressive. There's no reason it has to be made with ACME thread, but it sure does operate a lot smoother that way.

Figured I'd share. I had no idea the product existed until I stumbled on them at the hammers. I wish they'd put the Made In USA sticker on the tool instead of the box Haha.

Their mechanics mat is really tough and comfortable also. It's a high density foam that is very abrasion resistant. Holds up great in the rocks.

 

[Babaganoosh]

That thing looks sweet, mind me asking how much?

 

[owenst7]

http://www.macscustomtiedowns.com/category/pivot-engine-lift-plate

The leveler is $160 and so was the adapter. If I'd had time on my side I would have just made the adapter in my press brake, but considering my time, it really isn't worth it.

Awesome part is I can adapt it to pretty much any V engine real quick by redrilling the side plates or even just making some new ones real fast.

 

[dhcomp]

Looks bitchen.

I did my first engine swap with no leveler, and see how much that would have helped!

 

[owenst7]

Didn't have time to take any pictures as I was quickly losing daylight, but I was able to tip it back all the way and lower it up against the bellhousing. Then I lowered the front until the bell housing was sitting flush and bolted it up. Lowered the hoist all the way and the block sides of the engine mounts slipped right on to the frame mounts. I've swapped a few engines in these gmt400s and this was by far the easiest its ever been. Usually I end up unbolting the tranny cross member and sliding it back an inch or so to allow the engine to come straight down on to the mounts because there's too much crap in the way to bolt them to the frame with the engine in place.

 

[TerryD]

I did the engine on our Suburban last year and that would have been AWESOME to have. I wound up using chains toward the front and a rope tied to a loop on the rear of one head that I could let in and out to level it. It worked ok but that thing there is sweet.