Would it be worth it?

[m1tch]

Hey guys, im a bit stuck on what I should do about this, I just happen to know somewhere where I can pick up a 13B engine thats come out of a working car for not a lot (there is both a NA 13B and a TII engine)

The problem is that it has been standing there for a while, its all undercover and protected though.

Would it be worth me getting it and then taking it to a rebuild specilist and getting it ported and rebuilt? As far as I know both the engines have come out of working cars, so technically they might actually still work lol

I know for a fact that 1 is an NA engine (even though I had no clue what a 13B was when I saw them) as its got 13B Injection on the top lol The other engine im pretty sure would be from a TII but it was a while ago, I need to know what the difference in appearance between an FD and and FC 13b is.

How much would a 13B in unknown condition be worth do you recon? Im thinking of getting it, rebuilding it and then when my current engine pops (might not for a while) I can swap the engines and sell the blown engine to someone else who wants to do the same lol

can anyone help?

[L18M]

the uim is diff and the elbow / compressor at the end of the uim.
tho u can put fd uim onto fc 13bt

im not sure how much u can get them for but theres some ppl breaking their fc\'s might be worth just getting their block already ported??

[m1tch]

Its just the short block, nothing attached to it, as this is a weekend car for fun/drag racing it will be heavily ported, either very large streetport or 1/2 bridge so further porting would be needed from anyone elses car

[richrx]

i think a rebuilt engine with warrenty costs £2000, without the warrenty £1000-£1500 , a blown engine is worth £200ish, so i\'d hazard a guess its worth £500 with a patchy past

but if you were going to rebuild it, its pretty much gonna be treated as a blowen engine, so offer £200 and work up from there.

hope that makes sense:Thumbsup!

richard

[m1tch]

Well a rebuild on an FC costs £3k due to there being less to take out the car, most of it is labour as the engine has to be taken out of the car, this will be just a lump of engine lol so would be less, im guessing about £500 for seals, probably about £400 for porting so it may be less

[grinder]

i bought a 13b with a thrown tip for £20 - so factor that into your equation !

[richrx]

i bought a 13b with a thrown tip for £20 - so factor that into your equation !

only £180 out, quite good for me

richard