If I strip my SC conversion and store the parts until I can source a better shell/sell up, what is the best way to store the engine.

I mean should I leave the oil in or out?

While it's still in the car I can turn it over

(it won't start because fuel pump is dead from sitting) and get the oil moved around a bit, drop it, store it, but i'm sure I read somewhere once that it's better to drain the oil out for long term storage? Failing that is there something I can put in the engine before dropping to help before storage?

(some long term oil additive or something)

I'm asking this because i'm finally convinced that the shell just isn't worth saving

(Sills, floor pan and one rear arch gone!) plus no windscreen

(I had planned to replace this with a new one after repairing the strip above the window between the t-bars) and then the Fuel Pump went

(which is a pain of a job) so I just decided to call it a day with this shell/chasis and store the parts and see if anything turns up I can drop the engine/toys into

(like I did before after my original

'true JDM SC' was written off by a idiot in an artic lorry).

I've dropped/swaped engines before

(got a hoist etc) so that's not an issue, I just want to make sure I've taken care of the engine in the best way possible before removing it from the car.

When I dropped it from the SC back in 2001 I only stored it for a month

(with oil in) before fitting in new car and no problems at all, however this engine could potentially be stored for years if I don't get rid of it or have to

'wait' for the right shell to show up.

thanks for any advice.
