[avt007]

Wow, lots of feeedback, that's great. I'll try to answer in order.
gmsmioth thanks for the info. It does not have Carrera tensioners at this point.
SWW, is there any way to identify the cams I have, the numbers stamped on the ends are 91114100 and 91114200. The pistons are good news, as are the barrels. The fan is 11 bladed. Is there a way to identify what studs have been installed?
Notmytarga- Kokanee is "The beer out here"! Sadly those in the pictures are all empty. What you can't see is the beer fridge (along with the mandatory "911 parking only" sign), stocked with more Kokanee and Canadian.
The insert in the picture is metallic so I guess that's more good news.
Relayswitcher (are you in aviation? cool username,either way) there are no thermal reactors on the car, nor will there be. I intend to split the cases and see what the crank is like, it will help decide whether to rebuild this, or replace it with a 3.0. After that the heads will get a good inspection to see where I'm at. The thing here is that it doesn't make sense to me to sink mega dollars into a 2.7 (since this is not going to be a collector car, or original in any way)
if I can dropa 3.0 in for a lot less money and hassle. On the other hand, I'd like to rebuild a Porsche. I've done engines from 2 strokes to a big block, but not one of these. It's the price that scares me away, frankly. So for now it's a teardown and postmortem to see what I'm looking at to get her on the road again. I'd like to avoid sinking 25k into a 15k car.
Crustychief- good idea on the pedals. My son is car crazy. This car will teach him a lot, from tools to theory to mechanics, physics, and probably a couple new swear words along the way. He'll also learn the joys of skinned knuckles, dirt in the eye, and the taste of oily sludge.
Ahh. good times!