New Motor Sitting Up

[sixt9x33rs]

Subject 69 SS/RS cowl hood car.


A friend of mine just had his motor rebuilt and ran it about 1,500 hundred miles. He now has decided he wants to do a full restoration therefore putting the motor up for about a year. He is concerned that the Ethanol in the gas will harm the carb or motor. He is also just generally concerned of having the new motor sitting up for a year.
My fresh 302 sat up for over a year while I restored my 69 Z but that was in 2007, maybe the ethanol issue then was not a bad, who knows? In any case I had no problems but wanted other thoughts.

Anyway if ya'll could way in on this I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Lawrence

[ChrisM]

The block and heads may be fine, but I think your friends carburetor will have a difficult time making it a year as the gas will dry up and the gaskets will dryout.  It will leak gas all over the intake manifold when you try to start the car.  I think that if you just let an engine sit for a year you will at least need to put a rebuild kit on the carb all else may be ok.   I don't think the ethanol will require any other extra attendion. 

[tom]

I have seen motor storage bags advertised. Don't know how much good they do. Carb could probably be drained and bagged by itself.

[68Zproject]

Run some race gas through it before he takes it out.

[JohnZ]

Just turn the carb upside-down and dump the fuel out, and don't worry about it. I've had numerous engines sit for a year or so, and they don't require any special care beyond taping over the intake pad and exhaust ports; avoid a humid storage environment.