Fire Damaged Engine

[debaron]

Hi all,

I have the opportunity to buy a fire damaged 4.5 engine.
Plan is to build it up with stage 3 heads, pocketed pistons and spicy cam etc as a replacement for my 3.9

Fuel rail, injectors all burnt away (was a fuel line fire) but the rest is there and looks in good nick.

Would anyone advise against? Would the heads have suffered and warped etc?

Thanks

Ryan

[spend]

Do you mean a 4.5 as in TVR special or a 4.6 ala common TVR 450?

A real 4.5 would come with heads better than anything you've ever seen or likely to see

Generally fire damage is not a big deal to clean off & renew the burned bits.

[debaron]

Alas it's a common 4.6 Dave..

Though I'd think it will be a lot cheaper than a 450 would go for - allowing budget for some V8D heads :-)