Don't Make The $500 Mistake

By Author: Al Freilich
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Your ride is dependent of a healthy engine, and what better way to keep that engine healthy then by utilizing an engine test stand. Engine test stands are the easy way to get things in the garage done. Not only do you avoid the cycle of installing your engine to find problems, you save yourself a lot of time, energy and money.

Some individuals go out of the box to create their own ‘test stand’ that could use a lot of work. Let’s go over why DIY engine test stands are not the greatest solution.

DIY Engine Test Stands

Making your own engine test stand can be more of a pain than repairing your engine. Calculating dimensions, purchasing parts, building the assembly, fine tuning, test running, and finding ways to store your DIY engine test stand is a tall task. There are a few flimsy designs on the internet, however these stands are usually one time ordeals and can’t support anything bigger than a small-block engine. Some of the better DIY designs out start around $1500, but for the price they are you may as well save yourself time, energy and headaches by looking at professional grade universal engine ...
... test stands. Figuring out a design on your own through trial and error can turn expensive, with final costs that can exceed the price of the best professional engine test stands on the market.

For many car junkies, testing an engine out on the garage floor or on a resting tire is the easy way out. However, if you look at yours or other people’s engines on a daily basis, you may want to upgrade that tire to a professional engine run stand. Professional engine test stands come with the tools you need to safely, efficiently test and diagnose problems with an engine and get it running properly before reinstallation with little to no trouble.

Professional Grade Engine Test Stands

The benefits of getting either an Easy-Run Custom Series or Professional Series engine test stand are far and wide. Our Custom Series model still gives you the freedom to customize your engine test stand the way you want it. On the other hand, the Professional Series engine test stand, widely known making engine testing a piece of cake. The Professional Series model includes a fully functional wired dash panel for easy level readings, a radiator that translates appropriately to work with the engine block, and an adjustable crossmember to support any and all engine builds.

Furthermore, both models come with polyurethane 6” casters (w/ 8” caster upgrade) that allow easy mobility and room to work underneath the engine. Assembly for either engine test stand takes little time, let’s you test your engine with relative ease, and is easily collapsible and storable until its next use.

Shop Owners Look Here

If you own or work in an automotive repair shop, you deal with engines on a constant basis. When it comes to identifying engine problems and fixing them, there’s no better way than on an engine test stand. More than likely, you want or need multiple engine test stands to take on your orders and get them back under their hoods in a timely fashion. Building your own test stands can be handy, but can you need a lot of the right equipment to build one yourself, and even harder to design one that is universal and works for all engine types that come through your shop.

Our Easy-Run Engine Test Stands are perfect for you. Our Shop Series model is similar to our Professional Series model, minus the radiator. If you work an automotive shop, the chances of having multiple radiators already are exceedingly high, so you’ll save some money on the Shop Series versus the Professional Series.

Don’t Make the $500 Mistake

If saving money is your situation, you’ll do great with a Custom Series model. It’s an affordable engine test stand, that comes with only the items you want and not everything there is to have. Spending $500 more on a Custom Series model than preparing to build your own is certainly worth it. There’s so many problems that may surface when building your own engine test stand. It’s not worth the immeasurable amount of hours and stress that comes with laying out and building one, compound with the potential scenario where it doesn’t work and it’s all for naught.

Get yours today! No matter which series you choose from, Easy-Run is here to help. We want you to be successful in your garage, and what better way than to give you the engine test stand you need. Don’t stress over your DIY disaster, let us provide the highest quality, test proven engine test stand built to perfection. For more information about our stands, contact us online or by phone at (800) 734-0634.