storing a engine for the winter?

flathead31coupe said

i have put my rebuilt/never ran 340 in the valaint, but iam not going to be able to finish it right now, what can i do to keep it good for the winter, the intake is blocked where the carb goes with tape and cardboard, and the sparkplug holes have paper in them...should i oil the cyl down good with oil, or put plugs back in.....it has no water, or oil in it now...the car will set outside....

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we usually put oil on the piston through spark plug holes using a little oil squirt gun thing (we put 7 squirts for luck) then put plugs back in you will get a better seal then paper !

is there a way you can slap a carb on there and air cleanner then block that off better ? you really dont want anny moisture in there but also id try to get good prestone in there im not shure if it might not pop a frost plug or not with nothing in it ....

for you intake i guess if you take a piece of sheet metal and drill holes as so you can cap the intake off and make at least a cillicone gasket just to make shure nothing gets in....(would probably be a good cheap option)

i would first off shurly put oil in it like yesterday.......you know how it gets cold then warmer then colder that make condensation=a little water=rust= tear down ? i know id rather be safe then sorry
i never stored a never run engine before i would think its tricky because oil is not present everywhere in advance

maybe im extream i dont know about your weather but here we have alot of blowing snow the stuff gets in everwhere