newbie question
 

hey guys

dont flame because i dont know much engines....im kind of into car sound but dont know alot about what runs it lol...and i want to learn so....

if i was to buy an FD that was sold as non-running...what parts would I need to buy to get it running as in what else besides a motor and turbos and all the turbo stuff

the reason im asking is because there are alot of 'non-running' fd's on autosource ( flood and insurance clain vehicles)...and im thinking of buying one and fixing it up ( well...getting it fixed up)

thanks for any help

it really depends what is wrong with the car. it could be something as small as a fuel pump or as severe as an engine fire or a bad engine. you need to find out what is wrong with the paricular car you are looking at and then go from there.

assuming it is the worst case scenario

what am I looking at then?

Worst case is that you buy a car and have to replace everything but the unibody frame and the air freshener. Flood cars will have a wrecked interior and the engine will be rough and there will be hidden rust. Fire cars are occasionally half that, either the interior burned or the engine did.

I think this is one of those times where if you have to ask the answer is 'no' or 'don't'. If you bring a salvage car back to life it's either because you KNOW that there is some minor issue that is a quick fix, you really love and know the model inside and out and can rebuild and resell quickly, or you have a lot of time and money and just want to do it to have done it.

IMHO I would do it if I was building an all out, never-on-the-street track car. One where I'm going to be welding in a cage, dropping in a really built motor, and not having much of an original car left.