Hi Pete,
Best trick with a complete rover v8 i've found is to seal
everything up until its time to reassemble. If complete, spray a light coat of
diesel oil on the outer surfaces to prevent corrosion. If separate pieces spray
a light coat of diesel oil on the parts, go to you local engineering company
that rebuild motors and ask for some large,clear plastic bags to store things
like heads, crank, rods, and block in, and seal the parts up as well as
possible. Always wipe bores down with oil on a motor that doesn't have cylinder
heads on it. Gently rotate crank after wiping the bores to prevent piston
seizure in the bores. I've had a Pontiac 455cid several years ago that I built
up after having the machining done two years before finally assembled. This
motor is now pulling a Pontiac GTO 1/4 miler car down in Canberra, Australia.
Hope this helps. Cheers, Andrew.
Pete Bronlund wrote:
> Hi there everyone.Question : how should i store away my spare crank, block
> etc so as to prevent any rust-damage ? i'm building my 1st kitcar here in
> New Zealand & by actions that occurred along the way i found an early 10:1
> cr Rover in the long grass by a chicken barn. I was there to sell the guy a
> tail-gate off the hatch of the donor car but upon discovering the engine by
> accident we did a swap! My mates reckon he'd the better deal! 2yrs later &
> its all reco'd ready for the project. i've even picked up another 9.75:1 cr
> for 100 nz bucks which i had to use the rocker gear from for now. So i'm
> left with the other parts & am not sure of the procedure to hoard them
> safely. The fact its 'loonium' makes me so interested in the unit & oneday
> i'll do the other unit up perhaps a bit more seriously this time blue
> printing, balancing etc.
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