Tear down of 1974 2.0L, going to be rebuilt into a 2056. Options

[renaultc]

Good Morning World,

My name is Chuck and I've been lurking on here for some time. I have a 1974 2.0L that I purchased a couple years ago from Craig at Camp 914. Very solid car but did leak a bit of oil (what 914 doesn't lol). Well the oil leak did start to become an issue with the significant other and the time has come to pull the engine and begin the teardown/rebuild process. More on this below.

The car does appear to be stock with the exception of EMPI carbs that were added a few years back, along with an EMPI distributor MSD ignition, coil and tach control unit have been added to facilitate the Carbs. I do have most of the D-jet components and considering re-using. The previous owner said he was chasing a leak some where and couldn't cure the high idle and made swapped to carbs.

Other Mods that have been done were the addition of J-West shift kit, conversion to 5lug, knock off Fuchs(wish I could afford the real ones), Knock off's will have to do for now.

From the pics you will see that the oil leak is primarily around the cylinders on the underside and at the cylinder heads. Not sure if the sealant used or was applied properly during a previous rebuild.

As you will note in the pics the heads do appear to be in really good shape along with the cylinders. My plan is to re-use the heads and if these cylinders are stock I'd like to bore to 96mm and install KB pistons/hastings rings. Change the cam to a suitable cam once I decide on which Fuel delivery system I want to use. If not stock d-jet then I'd like to get my hands on a set of Italian webers. if the crank and rods are good and no line bore is required then all these components will be re-used in my build.

I know questions and comments will be forthcoming and appreciate all comments from everyone and any advice you'd like to provide

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[mapguy]

I went with the Raby 9590 cam kit from LN. It comes with all the goodies needed to make the whole valve train. I've heard nothing but good things about this cam.

You will have to tune the MPS if going D-Jet. I would recommend either that or getting real webers. I've not had good luck with Empi carbs in the past, but YMMV.

If you choose webers, you can pick a bigger cam from someone like web and probably make a bit more power. The 9590 is specifically for D-Jet.

For me, I want the car to appear stock under hood, but make more power.

[renaultc]

I went with the Raby 9590 cam kit from LN. It comes with all the goodies needed to make the whole valve train. I've heard nothing but good things about this cam.

You will have to tune the MPS if going D-Jet. I would recommend either that or getting real webers. I've not had good luck with Empi carbs in the past, but YMMV.

If you choose webers, you can pick a bigger cam from someone like web and probably make a bit more power. The 9590 is specifically for D-Jet.

For me, I want the car to appear stock under hood, but make more power.

I need to get the djet layed out and see what actually still works. If it becomes to costly to get it working im thinking of putting the empis back on as they did work when I removed them but I know they will need to be setup for this build which would require me to send them to someone to get setup properly. I would also change the linkage to either the tangerine or the triad setup. The hex bar seems like so many many moving parts to setup and adjust and get just right. Id like real webers but cost is approaching the price of an ms or sds setup. With the sds the guys that make that system are 6hrs away in calgary which is plus for us canadians eh.

So many options thats the fun part of this reading and learning.