Tuner Barn Find Motor

Fall of 2021 I decided to take a look at a motor I haven't touch since 2006. What will I do with this motor? Will I save it or use it for parts? So far I have it all of the external parts off of it and I am cleaning it up. I will ether rebuild it or hold on to all the parts for spares.

Back in 2006 I was ordering parts from Racing Innovations and the counter man Harry asked me if I would interested in a spare motor. He said they had laying around in there garage. It was left over after doing a KLZE swap for a Ford Probe and the owner did not want his stock motor. So he said they had $40 invested in the motor for a part and they said I could have it for $40. So I got it. Was going to use it for parts, but never had the need to. Almost 15 years I am taking a closer look at it for the first time.

According to the info below the motor is from the year 1994(10th digit = R) and is a Probe v6(8th digit = B).

VIN Engine and model year codes

- Two particularly important pieces of information found in the VIN are the engine code and model year code. Counting from the left, the engine code designation is the eighth digit. The model year code is the 10th digit.

Model year codes

P = 1993

R = 1994

S = 1995

T = 1996

V = 1997

W = 1998

X = 1999

Y = 2000

Z = 2001

Engine codes Probe

A = 2.0L DOHC four-cylinder engine B = 2.5L DOHC V6 engine