Any Way Of Running A Rb20Det While Out Of Car

[Rev limmiter basher]

Hi

I am buying a rb20det to put in to my r32 but am unsure if the motor is running or not. the motor is on a crate and has a ecu. The guy im buying it off has bought off someone else to put in a vl but had to sell the car. So what im getting to is, is it possable to run the motor on the crate (obviousley mounted) before i put it in the car only to find out that the motor dosnt run??

Thanks

[The Dan]

Only if the gearbox and starter are still connected and you can power up the ECU. Set up some sort of dummy fuel system and away you go......

Or you could just tell the guy you want a guarantee that there won't be problems when you go to start it, and if there are, he will return your money. Get it in writing. If he won't, then go buy one from a wrecker who will. Decent RB20's only go for like $1000

[R31Nismoid]

$1000?

It'd wanna be a good one, thats one expensive anchor

[t04z]

$1000?

It'd wanna be a good one, thats one expensive anchor

LOL

[The Dan]

$1000?

It'd wanna be a good one, thats one expensive anchor

That's a half cut with a case of 21 yo Caol Ila thrown in. Did I not mention that?

My bad

[Rev limmiter basher]

It has the starter but no box. it also has flywheel

also what wire will i need to power up? 12v supply? anything else?

Edited April 2, 2011 by Rev limmiter basher

[luvpsi]

when i bought my half cut they fired it up for me all they did was set up a dummy fuel system and connected a battery and away they went make sure you also do a compression test aswell no point buying a engine that start just to find out later down the track the compression is stuffed. make sure it is even across the board. mine was 151 150 151 150 150 150. as long as it does not fluctuate to much you should be fine.

[DVS JEZ]

without the gearbox the starter has nothing to bolt to so its unable to crank the motor, no crank=no start.

half cuts are easy to start, engine and box only not so easy.

as Elite said get a written warranty agreement if you buy it from that seller