How are you going to lift your engine into a stand? I built an overhead crane with a come along and a 2X8 bolted to the ceiling joists with angle iron. The truck the come along hangs from was made with iron strap and bolts. This was handy to lift the engine into a stand and to move heavy engine components from the engine to the bench and back in a very controlled manner. In this picture there is a second rope taking load on the cantilevered end of the engine to reduce the moment on the bell housing bolts. As is shown, I also used this setup to split the case.
