I was going to go the other way.. Find some RS door panels, Some recaro SRD style seat and locate a good, running 3.0L from an SC. Reliable motors. Similar hp to a 2.2S, but loads more useable torque. Seemingly available. Sell your 2.2T motor, midyear seats and questionable door panels (or save them to rebuild).. spend the next 10 years looking/locating/building a proper 2.2S MFI motor, Correct seats.. door panels et al, if an "original" 2.2 is what you really want.
I know many folks who would "love" an early S, but then they learn they aren't always so nice in traffic, fearful of getting hit/stolen/scratched etc. Therefore, driver comfort and useablilty come into play. My dad had a '55 speedster. Loved the car. Fantastic condition.. and it ended up sitting more than not, because he was worried about what could happen to it. It no longer was the car of his youth but became something "too expensive" to have any fun with.
