Alrighty then
I've been waiting, and waiting, and WAITING, but the rest of the parts (96mm kit, and some miscellaneous doodads) are being shipped today - WHOOOOOWEEEEE! My heads are done - new stainless valves, 3 angle 'performance' valve job, some exhaust port cleanup, and HD springs, and spacers. 40idfs, all cleaned and rebuilt, intake runners cleaned up as well, hoidy-toidy uptown aluminum filter/hexbar kit, European H grind cam, and just picked up my alternator from the local rebuild joynt - it looks brand new, they even painted the back cover! Even my engine tin is poifect, along with a new 009 (for now) and pointless ignition. Still need plug wires, but I'm not sure which ones yet.
I'm having a pal make me a clutch disc (he owns a clutch and brake shop), and then that's about everything. I've already done my rear wheel bearings, and replaced my front swaybar end links, put in a swank CD/mp3 player with Cerwin Vega's, and the girly-friend is sewing me a new headliner (she doesn't know it yet, but she's gonna embroider a Porsche crest on it too - she has some sewing machine that cost more than my 914 did, seriously!)
This jalopy had better be faster than the 1.7, or I'm gonna pull the whole thing out and put in that old 12 horse Wisconsin mower engine sitting in the shed.
It's so nice in Rochester now, and driving weather is only a few months - I'm seeing people in convertibles everywhere, and I'm stuck in a Jeep
I'm SERIOUSLY geeking to drive this thing - I hope I don't have any trouble getting it running!
I'll get some pix when it's together, and a couple of the install.
Anyone wanna let me borrow their car for a week or two in the meantime?
Jeff