Rotisserie headroom

[ksierens]

I checked the headroom for mine.  I have 8' walls, and the distance from the floor to the bottom of the ceiling joist is 8 1/2'  The highest point on my challenger is about 7 1/2' at the high point of the body line of the quarter panel at the door opening, though I made my rotisserie my self.  Couldn't have imagined working on the car without it though, and I am planning on selling it when I am done.

[Mike70]

So it is doable with an 8 foot ceiling. Now just have to decide prebuilt or DIY.

How hard was it to find the balance point? Did you use any plans, or design it yourself?

[ksierens]

I started with some general plans, but did modified it a little.  My balance point is still a little bottom heavy, where I have to use my foot to push it get it up on it's side.  It was worse before but I adjusted the front drop and it was much better.  I could not adjust the back anymore without reworking it.  I can get the drop dimensions for you if you want.  I was trying to find the origional link I had for the general dimensions, but I can't find it.

[Mike70]

Thanks. I always thought a little bottom heavy would be best. That way you don't have to worry about it flipping, like it would if it was top heavy. Any dimensions you could give me without too much trouble would be great.

Thanks!

[Topcat]

Here's a pic of mine when I first put my car on the rotisserie.

It shows the hole height adjustments. These help you get your center of gravity corrected so it's not like a pendulum as much. Since I took this picture, I have it working much better and more balanced.

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5852/rotary2.jpg

[Mike70]

Thanks for the photo. I'm going to price some steel in the next week or two. Then I'll decide what I can do.

[ksierens]

The front drop is about 7" and the rear is about 5".  Like I said I would have to modify the rear on mine to lower it more, but I would guess if it was about 3" drop it would still be bottom heavy, but not as much.

[Topcat]

Page 6 is a good illustration on the assembly.

http://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/v/vspfiles/PDF/DirectLift/ROTISSERIEGENERICRevA2007.pdf