Frank.Herbst
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I see some want to put there Shelby up all winter. Have you ever seen an engine on the engine stand waiting to be installed. Oil stays on parts for a while but eventually slides off the moving parts and ends up in the oil pan. I was very surprised to see what happened when we rebuilt a BOSS 302 engine during a total restoration. Then engine was covered with plastic on a stand with out an oil pan. During the rebuild bearings and other parts were coated with engine assembly oil designed to hang on and be there for the first start. With the body out for metal work and paint it was months till time to install the engine. To my surprise all of the assembly lube ended up on the floor below the engine and it's much better at staying on parts than oil.
Bottom line is unless you have a pressurized oil priming system your engine will be getting a very dry start. Not to mention having your engine seals go with out oil and dry up.
I always start my Shelby once a month unless the weather is just crazy cold. So it might miss a month but not all winter.
Before we would take out the distributor and prime the engine with a drill or at least take the coil wire off and spin the engine and build up oil pressure before ignition. Don't know if there is any way to do this with all the new technology.
Bottom line is unless you have a pressurized oil priming system your engine will be getting a very dry start. Not to mention having your engine seals go with out oil and dry up.
I always start my Shelby once a month unless the weather is just crazy cold. So it might miss a month but not all winter.
Before we would take out the distributor and prime the engine with a drill or at least take the coil wire off and spin the engine and build up oil pressure before ignition. Don't know if there is any way to do this with all the new technology.
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