What would be a simple old car engine to screw around with on an engine stand or workbench, like take apart and put back together? I'm thinking like an old 4 cylinder Toyota. Something simple.
Simple automotive engine to rebuild?
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Whatever the local junkyard has in stock at a price you can accept. Stay away from German engines unless you want to invest in special fastener tools for the teardown.
VW 1.8 8v
Doesn't get much simpler.
Doesn't get much simpler.
If this is for a "teaching class", I would get something that is plentiful in salvage yards, was or is made in several models of displacement, and is still current in many model cars today. A GM Ecotec 4 cylinder comes to mind.
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vw aircooled. about as simple as you get and not too large and unwieldy, plus you can mod them easily. if you were local I'd give you a BMW M10 boat anchor valuable core that is taking up space...
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Pontiac 2.5 Iron Duke.
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The 302 in your handle is a pretty good one, lol. I've had many apart.
I was going to say a VW 2.0 slow, not many that are easier than that one either.
That or an LSx. Plenty of people with minimal knowledge seem to be able to rebuild them and make stupid power with them.
All good suggestions. Vw aircoolds are easy and so are the slant 6's and old Ford 200 6cyl and Chevy GM 6 cylinders. The chevy 4cyl are pretty easy too and cheap.
The 2.2L pushrod from the 90s Cavalier and S10
The little engines from the Geo Metro (3 or 4 cylinder)
The little engines from the Geo Metro (3 or 4 cylinder)
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That actually made me laugh...
Stupid people + LS motors = Stupid power.
The only difference between a VW air cooled and a Briggs and Stratton is basically the number of cylinders. I started with lawn mowers…. The VWs are kinda fun because they are light enough to be easily manhandled around the shop floor (driveway). I ran one with it tied down to my parent’s porch, something I couldn’t do with a v-anything.
a little I4 or even motorcycle engine in a test stand would be fun too.
a little I4 or even motorcycle engine in a test stand would be fun too.
Honda 2.4 Liter 4 bangers were made for a very long time. Only recently have they stopped using them. There are millions of them out there.
Yeah I love 302s but I wanna start off maybe on a 4 cylinder.
Any Honda from the 1990s. B-series from CR-V/Prelude/Civic Si/Integra. D-series from basic Civics, like the one that @harry j has with ~620k miles (CLICK HERE). Junkyards will have tons of 1997-2001 automatic CR-Vs due to bad auto tranny design, so grab any engine from there, as those will still have tons of life left.
