laying up race cars for winter, whats best ?

[Russell]

OK Guys, im trying to preserve some of the cars and engines alttile better this year, Ive had a rought time last year as numerous tyres have appear to have perished and dried out due to the dehumidifier i have running.

Any one got any advice on best practice for storing them ?

[Sam K]

I usually change the oil, drain the fuel from the carbs, put sta-bil in the fuel tank, and take off the rockers to avoid the valve springs from earing unevenly. Also I take the slicks off and store them inside the house.

[Martin]

the carcoons work real well, they allow the air to flow round the car and keep the crap off. as for the motors,  fire them up every couple of weeks, and get them nice and warm, also work the clutch so it dosent stick. keep the batteries on trickle charge.

WD40 on the chrome and exposed metal bits and bobs.


just what i do.

Martin

[BeetleBug]

the carcoons work real well, they allow the air to flow round the car and keep the crap off. as for the motors,  fire them up every couple of weeks, and get them nice and warm, also work the clutch so it dosent stick. keep the batteries on trickle charge.

WD40 on the chrome and exposed metal bits and bobs.


just what i do.

Martin

If you choose to spray a protective layer over the engine (which is a good idea btw) I would recommend not to use WD40 or 556. They are known to tear on rubber and plastic. Better use 666 which are made for this purpose on marine engines.

Best rgs
BB

[ESH]

... Better use 666 which are made for this purpose on marine engines ...

Type 4s? 

[Martin]

ah, not heard of this stuff? who makes it?

[BeetleBug]

CRC - should be easy available;

6-66

[nicolas]

... Better use 666 which are made for this purpose on marine engines ...

Type 4s? 

no that are anchors not the engines...

[Dom S]

Does anybody use GT85 oil on their bare metal parts for protection?
I use it on a motorbike I use through the winter and nothing else seems to get close for protection.
Think it may be something to do with teflon?
Dom.

[Neil Davies]

You could try wrapping up the tyres in polythene to stop the air getting to them.  I thimk demon tweeks do some tyre treatment stuff, worth having a look on their website?

[Lids]

take the tires off the cars and jack them up, let some air out.  Trickle charge the batteries.

My brothers mates father stores classic cars for people.  He has about 60 cars in a huge building, i'll get my bro to ask him how he looks after them.

[ian c]

tyres on concrete can be really bad iirc .

better to be on blocks of wood or carpet if you cant get them on axel stands .

park on sheets of plastic visqueen , and pull up to "envelope" the wheels/tyres .

take batteries off and store in a warmer place .

as mentioned , fuel stabiliser will stop it varnishing , but its better to fiil the tanks first . (probobly your biggest bill )

as mentioned , carcoons are good , but its easy enough to seal the storage room and make it one big carcoon

[Dom S]

Does anybody use dehumidifiers in their garages / workshops?
Mine removes around 3 litres of water every day to keep the humidity at about 45-50%.

[ian c]

you can just pipe the overflow to outside , and leave them doing therte stuff all winter .