i have a 13b that was pulled out of a sand rail, it was running when in the car but the turbo was making noise and there was a little bit of water in the oil from an unknown source. what is this engine worth? I know nothing about rotarys and i dont really have any applications for this engine right now. i was thinking my 914 but thats more money than its worth.

anyone have a ball park for me? anyone want it?

 

anyone?

 

Cash value is not much, basically you wont be able to sell it as anything more than a core. Running or not there is not really any way to guarantee its condition and used motors with unknown history are not easy to sell. You would be better off tearing it down and parting it out, as a complete engine you would be hard pressed to get any more than 200-250.

 

you should be able to get 5-6 hundred for it if you can advertise it with a video showing that it has compression pulses where it should (turning over by hand)


If you part it out, up to 1000 total.

 

so parting it out what should i put up? how should i separate it?
and what if i went through it with my limited knowledge of rotary and i rebuilt it?
i can also make custom intake and exhaust whats the market for those kind of parts?

 

download an FSM (links below) and go to town. Full engine disassembly if you have never done it before should take no more than 2 hours.

You will probably need an oxy accetaline torch to take off the main front bolt, you will need a big 21/8 socket for the gland nut, and an air tools are a big help.

All engines (different years) are more alike than they are different. Assuming this is an S4 or S5 turbo engine you should get 200 for the rotors (if good condition), 200-400 for the irons (s5 irons are more valuable) at least 100 each for the rotor housings if they are from a running engine (up to 200 if they are really good) about 50-75 for the e shaft, and maybe another 200 for all of the rest of the stuff.

http://www.cochran-racing.com/FSM/index.html

or (86-88)
http://www.teamfc3s.org/main/factory...ual/1986_1988/
and (89-91)
http://www.teamfc3s.org/main/factory...ual/1989_1991/

 

thanks that was the answer i was looking for