I'm purchasing a parts car and it still has all the engine except a few misc parts like carb, dizzy, rats nest and ?? (about all I saw missing). Since the hood has been off for an unspecified amount of time and I saw water in the carb and dizzy openings, I am wondering if the engine would be rebuildable or might the internals have rusted too badly? If I could even just salvage the housings for a porting project I'd be happy since I already have a working engine in my current '82.

 

water in the intake would have oxidized several of the metal components and I shudder to think of the seals.

You could disassemble the engine and clean or machine it, replace the seals, etc. (in other words a rebuild) and have a runner but don't expect to jut slap on a carb and be off to the races.

 

maybe pour lots of atf in it, followed by alcohol, then toss a match on.... bet that baby'll just fire right up... literally :d

Jeff

 

I have a couple of rex's in a bone yard not far from me. Both with 12a's. I was thinking of making the yard a real cheap offer for one of the engines. My plan is to street port and build-up a 12a as my funds free up. Question is.... what 12a should I pick? From an external cosmetic stand-point they both look okay. I suppose I should put a wrench to the main pully of each to see if I can turn it by hand? I could also look into the spark plug holes and look for anything "outa place". A blown apex seal can cause damage... yes? Hmmm, other than that, what else should I base my decision on? TIA

 

scroll back up and see what manntis said ...

 

Guess I didn't write my question correctly. I'm not looking for something just to slap the missing components back on and get it running. I was just wondering if it would be worth a rebuild or at least if the housings could be saved to port out and put onto a different engine since I already have a fully working engine. I'd like to get a whole second engine to tear down, port out to the largest ports I can get without doing bridgeports and do everything else to it while I've got it open like better apex seals and whatever other little internal things I can do while I've get it open. This way all I need to do when I'm read to use it is pull my non-modded engine out and drop this one in and start on the next engine