Formula car engine separation lift
I purchased my FF a few years ago and at one point had to remove the engine due to damaged valves due to missed shifting. I used my engine hoist to split the engine from the frame which was a PITA to separate and worse to re install. I had seen people that had nice aluminum overhead gantry cranes that they could assemble any where but looked like you needed a lot of room to store them. I do 95% of my work on the car by myself, hence need to find a simple way to do whatever needs to be done on the car. For my situation, I came up with an easy solution to splitting the car and didn’t take up much space. I made a simple A frame lift I could place over the car that would support the front of the drive train as I disconnected it from the frame, then roll both backwards. With the lift I can install or the engine in 20 minutes or have it out in 5, assuming everything has been disconnected. It’s easy to store and has saved me at the track a number of times. It has a simple Eye bolt that connects to the front of the engine, or I can sling the engine if I have to remove the bell housing from the engine after the drive train has been removed from the car.
If anyone is interested, I can send you directions on how to make one. I don’t have mechanical drafting programs at home, So I don’t have a formal model and print. I made up a short and simple directions and material list that should cover building one assuming you have decent welding skills and have some steel fabrication ability.
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Looks like you will have to send me a message and I can send you the directions. I have the material list with it. 
Originally Posted by cjsmith
