Storing engine for winter

[Fine69mach1]

Hey guys I'm looking for advice/ suggestions on how to prep my new rebuilt stroker engine for winter storage.
I live in Canada and temps can reach -30F where I am but more realistically I'd say -10-20F on  avg or -15 to -20 C temperature outside. Inside garage probably around 5-10 F at worst.
Motor is currently on engine stand in my garage. Unfortunately I do also park a vehicle that I use during the winter in the same garage.
I know temperature swings and moisture are my worst enemy.
Motor has only been run on Dyno and then drained all fluids. I blew out water from block and filled with antifreeze.
I have 5 qt's of fresh oil in engine for storage and new filter.
Engine lift plate, breathers taped and exhaust ports taped off.
I put a small squirt of oil into each spark plug hole and turned motor over by hand a few revolutions.
Should I fog cylinders?
Should I spray foggin oil over valvetrain/rockers?
Should I rotate engine over every couple weeks to keep rings/springs from sitting in one place for too long.
I'm not sure to wrap engine to keep moisture out but at the same time could be trapping moisture in as well. Or just cover it with a thick moving blanket?
Just want to protect my investment as it hasn't even made its way into my mustang yet.

Any tips or suggestions from the  FE guys would be much appreciated.

Thanks Jared

[KMcCullah]

I think you've got all your bases covered, Jared. Your new engine has seen some run time so everything internally is covered with oil. Your water jackets are drained. Your intake and exhaust are blanked off. So let her hibernate till spring.

[ScotiaFE]

Living on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia where it gets cold (but it's a wet cold).
I tend NOT to keep blankets and such near the expensive metal.
They act like sponges.

[Lenz]

I'm on the south shore of Lake Erie where everything in my garage "sweats" at least once a month due to temp swings.  I'm with both of the guys above.  You did what you had to do, more than most would probably do IMO.  Keep the blanket off and then just cool your heels 'till spring like the rest of us northerners:)

[Fine69mach1]

Thanks for the feedback. Good to hear from some other Canadian FE guys. I'm in Manitoba myself.
Good to hear that I am going a lil overboard with this whole thing. Better that than too little I suppose?
Do you guys recommend turning motor over by hand every once in awhile so springs and valvetrain isn't in same position all winter and to move pistons from sitting in same position all winter also?
What about rotating engine on stand 360 degrees to get some oil from the sump to move back up through engine and such.....
Or am I just getting a little ridiculous?

Jared.

[machoneman]

Thanks for the feedback. Good to hear from some other Canadian FE guys. I'm in Manitoba myself.
Good to hear that I am going a lil overboard with this whole thing. Better that than too little I suppose?
Do you guys recommend turning motor over by hand every once in awhile so springs and valvetrain isn't in same position all winter and to move pistons from sitting in same position all winter also?
What about rotating engine on stand 360 degrees to get some oil from the sump to move back up through engine and such.....
Or am I just getting a little ridiculous?

Jared.

Yes, by all means, crank it over a tad every 4-6 weeks or so. I store my 2 Stangs for winter and although I will fire up the stock '88 5.0 occasionally, the '70 Mach 1 with a hot hydro roller cam gets the crank-it-over routine per the above but suing the starter (not fired). Maybe it's a bit overkill as neither has wild spring pressures. But, I also believe doing so re-coats the cylinders with oil as well. I'd not rotate the engine either. Regretted doing this once as it make a mess of the cylinders. Instead, if you will, add a few drops (and I do mean drops) of light machine oil with an old eye dropper to each cylinder periodically, rotate by hand, and re-install the plugs. JMO!