After seeing Bruce Swayze's nice find on the front page today, I was wondering when it is prudent to begin looking around for an engine to purchase?
I am no where near where Bruce is in his build, but like him, there is a local engine that looks very nice for sale. It would be a good engine for my project someday. 0 SMOH, ~1500 TTSN IO-360 with a ton of nice accessories. Price seems OK. It was Overhauled in 2008 by a well known guy and originally built in 2000. It has been stored for 4 years but appears to be properly pickled.
So...if you all were me, just starting the wings of a slow build, would you consider buying an engine with the possibility of storing it yourself for an undetermined amount of time? Or would you hold off and see what is out there when you are closer to needing to hang it?
Thanks in advance for the advice.
I am no where near where Bruce is in his build, but like him, there is a local engine that looks very nice for sale. It would be a good engine for my project someday. 0 SMOH, ~1500 TTSN IO-360 with a ton of nice accessories. Price seems OK. It was Overhauled in 2008 by a well known guy and originally built in 2000. It has been stored for 4 years but appears to be properly pickled.
So...if you all were me, just starting the wings of a slow build, would you consider buying an engine with the possibility of storing it yourself for an undetermined amount of time? Or would you hold off and see what is out there when you are closer to needing to hang it?
Thanks in advance for the advice.