Hi folks,

I am looking to purchase a stripped down, clean car engine to make a coffee table out of. It must be clean, shiny and ready to go into a living room (see link). I only need the engine with piston arms. No glass top is needed. If you have access to one please let me know and your price.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3w66zYA7U5BTWxqcnMzczlFczQ/edit?usp=sharing

Buy a junk block at a salvage yard. See if the junkyard will keep the oil pan and heads themselves.

There are shops that can blast the block clean and chrome or powder coat it.

idontlikebeingrightaboutshitlikethisbutiam



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You must be unmarried, living alone, or with a girl who does not care about decor to be able to keep something like that in a living room.

Opposite.

Happily married. It'll be in a man cave in my newly renovated basement next to a homebrewing room.

No, I'm not helping you move it.

how much does a typical v-6 engine block weigh...500lbs?

WingNut Wrote:
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> Buy a junk block at a salvage yard. See if the
> junkyard will keep the oil pan and heads
> themselves.
>
> There are shops that can blast the block clean and
> chrome or powder coat it.


I have but no one would willing to clean it.

Try these guys for sandblasting and powder coating...

http://dominionpowdercoating.com/index.html

Hay Zeus Wrote:
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> how much does a typical v-6 engine block
> weigh...500lbs?

<200

Asiano Wrote:
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> WingNut Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Buy a junk block at a salvage yard. See if the
> > junkyard will keep the oil pan and heads
> > themselves.
> >
> > There are shops that can blast the block clean
> and
> > chrome or powder coat it.
>
>
> I have but no one would willing to clean it.

Clean it yourself. Rent a sandblaster and put a little sweat equity into it,then you have a conversation piece. More manly yet,strip the engine parts off yourself and then you have real bragging rights.
In other words just having a short block table is so boring and bland.
Real Americans build engines not show them off under glass.

we got a tough guy here

Another ideal for the timid. Contact American Pickers.they might have an old four cylinder flathead. With a little cleaning and welded base you would have a real conversation art piece.
But you would still be a pussy.

Enrico Palazzo Wrote:
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> we got a tough guy here


Nah man, I saw many engine blocks in person already but you have to understand that they are extreamly dirty and greasy. It must be soaked in a bath of chemical solution for days before it can be sandblast. It's not easy when I live in a townhouse.

I was talking to the guy above. Do what you like. And do not let some woman tell you what is acceptable decor in a house.

This reminds me of the wagon wheel coffee table in that movie, forget the name.

MoreInfo Wrote:
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> Try these guys for sandblasting and powder
> coating...
>
> http://dominionpowdercoating.com/index.html


Thanks for the link.

First find a machine shop. There is one in Fairfax off of Pickett Road if I am not mistaken. Make a copy of the photo of this retarded fucking table and go down and talk to them like a man - Not the asshole that you are.

The engine block is a V-8 and any good shop should have scrap one laying around somewhere. It might be already hot tanked - That's good. If not offer to buy a wasted V-8 block, and to have it hot tanked to remove all the crap and crud from the block.

From the looks someone took 4 pistons and turned them around to make the base supports for the glass. If you are nice, and don't act like a faggot, the shop can weld the connecting rods to the block just like in the photo.

Wipe the block down with mineral sprits, and paint the piece of shit with a good quality spray paint. When you are done you can drag it around the living room for fun.

Good Fucking Luck

Asiano Wrote:
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> Enrico Palazzo Wrote:
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> -----
> > we got a tough guy here
>
>
> Nah man, I saw many engine blocks in person
> already but you have to understand that they are
> extreamly dirty and greasy. It must be soaked in
> a bath of chemical solution for days before it can
> be sandblast. It's not easy when I live in a
> townhouse.


It figures.....

Check out Bubba's machine shop too. I hear he will autograph his work as well.

Asiano Wrote:
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> Hi folks,
>
> I am looking to purchase a stripped down, clean
> car engine to make a coffee table out of. It must
> be clean, shiny and ready to go into a living room
> (see link). I only need the engine with piston
> arms. No glass top is needed. If you have access
> to one please let me know and your price.
>
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3w66zYA7U5BTWxqcn
> MzczlFczQ/edit?usp=sharing


"piston arms"???

I've been building engines for 20 years and I have never heard of "piston arms".

Please educate us.

He means a connecting rod. What a tool :-)

I just took an engine to the scrap yard. I would have sold it... Day late, dollar...

I also had another engine which I got rid of... Where so I come up with this junk...

FWIW, I have car parts in my house, many under glass. But it's how they are displayed, which keeps my wife at bay - she let's me live. Seriously!

The block in that picture is a V-6. Who's the fucking fuck now?

OP - try http://www.candcmotorsports.com/ in Manassas. This fucktard fuck below did make a good point. They probably have a clean cracked block that they'd be happy to give you. Fuck.

Let's Make This Fucking Simple Wrote:
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> First find a machine shop. There is one in Fairfax
> off of Pickett Road if I am not mistaken. Make a
> copy of the photo of this retarded fucking table
> and go down and talk to them like a man - Not the
> asshole that you are.
>
> The engine block is a V-8 and any good shop should
> have scrap one laying around somewhere. It might
> be already hot tanked - That's good. If not offer
> to buy a wasted V-8 block, and to have it hot
> tanked to remove all the crap and crud from the
> block.
>
> From the looks someone took 4 pistons and turned
> them around to make the base supports for the
> glass. If you are nice, and don't act like a
> faggot, the shop can weld the connecting rods to
> the block just like in the photo.
>
> Wipe the block down with mineral sprits, and paint
> the piece of shit with a good quality spray paint.
> When you are done you can drag it around the
> living room for fun.
>
> Good Fucking Luck

You also have to get the cylinder heads to sit flush so a piece of glass will be level.

There may be welding involved.

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Home brewing room???? LOL. Everyone I have ever met that home brews is a tool - no exceptions.

My profile of you... You grew up a nerdy geek, maybe an IT guy or low level engineer. You were never a partier and always struck out with chicks. So one day you and some other geek losers get together and get drunk off a six pack in a lame attempt to cool. You have likely been talking about it ever since. Then you decided that hey I am a cool beer drinker now so I am going to get my geek on and brew my own because none of the 500 varieties of beer at Total Wine is good enough. So now you spend your nights hanging out on home brew websites posting your recipes with other losers for hours on end in between games of World of Warcraft.

You are a douche. Piston arms? You know those are connecting rods right and they are generally inside the engine. You need to take them out and=d weld them onto the block to make the little arms asshole. By the way, furniture nad home brew will never make you cool.

wrench Wrote:
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> Asiano Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I am looking to purchase a stripped down, clean
> > car engine to make a coffee table out of. It
> must
> > be clean, shiny and ready to go into a living
> room
> > (see link). I only need the engine with piston
> > arms. No glass top is needed. If you have
> access
> > to one please let me know and your price.
> >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3w66zYA7U5BTWxqcn
>
> > MzczlFczQ/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> "piston arms"???
>
> I've been building engines for 20 years and I have
> never heard of "piston arms".
>
> Please educate us.


Think outside the box,look at the picture and educate your self. There is no arm in a car engine but there are arms on the coffee table that I am trying to achieve.

amazed Wrote:
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> Home brewing room???? LOL. Everyone I have ever
> met that home brews is a tool - no exceptions.
>
> My profile of you... You grew up a nerdy geek,
> maybe an IT guy or low level engineer. You were
> never a partier and always struck out with chicks.
> So one day you and some other geek losers get
> together and get drunk off a six pack in a lame
> attempt to cool. You have likely been talking
> about it ever since. Then you decided that hey I
> am a cool beer drinker now so I am going to get my
> geek on and brew my own because none of the 500
> varieties of beer at Total Wine is good enough.
> So now you spend your nights hanging out on home
> brew websites posting your recipes with other
> losers for hours on end in between games of World
> of Warcraft.
>
> You are a douche. Piston arms? You know those
> are connecting rods right and they are generally
> inside the engine. You need to take them out and=d
> weld them onto the block to make the little arms
> asshole. By the way, furniture nad home brew
> will never make you cool.


If you don't know anything about Homebrewing Beer then you wouldn't understand. None of the beers on the market can comes close.

My profile of you....fat...fix car on autozone parking lot to get by. Love miller light but can only get it when some one offer the job. You drive a suck ass pick up truck rusting with holes on the floor bed with 4 different sets of used tire that you save from autozone parking lot. Your woman is a lot fatter then you. She is so fat that her butt is on backward. You and your women often time sitting in the back yard with overgrown grass staring at a pink kitty pool and thinking about what kind of road kill for dinner.

Piston arm? I am not a mechanic. I just drive to the dealer, get out turn on my ipad and sipping my coffee, then sign the paper and drive off.

Here is what I am trying to achieve,
Renovated basement....done
Wet bar...done
Room to brew beer with automated electric brewing system 10 gallon/batch...fermentation chamber made out of 16 cubic feet freezer that attched to a temperature controller....done
A full size fridge with 4 taps mount on door serving: IPAs year round...done
Beer fund box where friends must put in some to drink some....done
Sport memobilia on display of local sport team: nats, capital, dc united and skins....done
Sofa....done
Coffee table...NOT DONE I thought it would be nice to have a car engine block as a coffee table to go with several large posters of car that I already have on the wall.

Here is more photo for your enjoyment. https://www.google.com/search?q=car+engine+as+coffee+table&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=F4ooUrS4HMXcsASipoHwCA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=1070

The fucking fuck fucker and amazed need to get a room together. Someone is jelly over all the extra $$$$$$ you clearly have... the table will look great. Best of luck!

I have tasted a lot of home brew in my day...my brother-in-law has been home brewing for years. It all sucks and is just beer geek fodder,

BTW you could not be more off base in your profile of me.

In any event, if you don't know anything about engines, do you really think you'll be able to build a coffee table engine? You'll need to tear it down which will require major degreasing, a blow torch, hours upon hours of cleaning and polishing, welding and powercoating. Just buy one like the rest of the poseurs who do so.

Second, are you seriously going to charge your friends when they come to your house for a beer? Seriously? That's a shitty thing to do. I have a kegerator in my basement and have hosted parties, football games etc. I have never taken a penny because that's what being a host and a friend is.

>
> Second, are you seriously going to charge your
> friends when they come to your house for a beer?
> Seriously? That's a shitty thing to do. I have a
> kegerator in my basement and have hosted parties,
> football games etc. I have never taken a penny
> because that's what being a host and a friend is.


My friends/neighbors comes over on every single NFL game. I don't really charge them. The money they chip in is total volunteer. It'll be used toward purchasing grains, yeast, hops for the next batch. They pay for ingredients, I'll offer my brewing time which take 5-8 hours to brew a 10 gallon batch from start to clean up.

BTW you could not be more off base in your profile of me either.

this engine table idea sounds fucking stupid. worst of luck, OP.

Fuck the kids and douche bags on this site. You just need to weed out the B.S.
Go to Super Salvage by Nats Park. Go to the engine pile and pick out a V6. Strip that fucker down of any thing you can. Take it all off. Get it hot tanked, then clean it with MEK (Methyl ethyl ketone). Go to the auto parts store and get some "Chevy Engine Block Orange" paint, and put 3 coats of paint on that thing. Keep your eye out for old coffee or dining tables at thrift shops or in trash piles on trash days for the glass top. You gonna have a BAD ASS TABLE!

I don't get the sense that he wants to do any of this. His best bet is to walk in to one of the machine shops mentioned, flash the pic, and ask how much to make one of these (easy side job for anyone employed at a machine shop)..


gearhead Wrote:
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> Fuck the kids and douche bags on this site. You
> just need to weed out the B.S.
> Go to Super Salvage by Nats Park. Go to the engine
> pile and pick out a V6. Strip that fucker down of
> any thing you can. Take it all off. Get it hot
> tanked, then clean it with MEK (Methyl ethyl
> ketone). Go to the auto parts store and get some
> "Chevy Engine Block Orange" paint, and put 3
> coats of paint on that thing. Keep your eye out
> for old coffee or dining tables at thrift shops or
> in trash piles on trash days for the glass top.
> You gonna have a BAD ASS TABLE!

OP, Are you Richard, Jeremeny or James?

http://flatsixes.com/porsche-culture/resources/porsche-engine-coffee-table-1/
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I'll bet someone has a table like this in the FCPS office building at Gatehouse, or maybe a school board or board of supervisors member has one. This is just too lame, but exactly the type of thing I'd expect Ryan McElveen to have to show how manly he is.

what is the price per pound of aluminum ?

aluminum is expensive on today's market

$500 for block of aluminum: if it's an engine or not

Thanks OP. Now Im going to start making these. Fortunately for me I can Weld and have a industrial ultrasonic cleaner at my shop that can clean a block spotless in under 10 min. Faux chrome paint and a 1000 dollar price tag. Old V-8's are readily available for under 100 dollars if you know where to look.

I know a clown when I see one Wrote:
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> I'll bet someone has a table like this in the FCPS
> office building at Gatehouse, or maybe a school
> board or board of supervisors member has one. This
> is just too lame, but exactly the type of thing
> I'd expect Ryan McElveen to have to show how manly
> he is.


FCPS sure wouldn't have any trouble finding engines to make tables out of. Their decrepit fleet of buses blows engines almost daily. They usually go at about 200K miles, although a few make it to 300K.

Just buy this one posted on Craigslist:

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/pts/4027733104.html

Already Done Wrote:
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> Just buy this one posted on Craigslist:
>
> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/pts/4027733
> 104.html

Here is the pic..............500 big ones!!!
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MoreInfo Wrote:
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> Already Done Wrote:
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> > Just buy this one posted on Craigslist:
> >
> >
> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/pts/4027733
>
> > 104.html
>
> Here is the pic..............500 big ones!!!


That's really probably not a bad price for most people who have no clue by the time you add it all up and count your time and trouble.

Sorry, these tables with the upside down pistons bug me. That's just odd to anybody who knows what a motor looks like. I'd be bustin' on your table.