New engine, What shall it be... Options

[Hammy]

Well the 1.7 is barely running. Back in January we took it to a mechanic who ended up pretty much screwing up the engine. It turned out to be a real bum deal and we lost some money on it, and got the car back running worse than before. After having it properly fixed by another mechanic, he told us it wouldn't be lasting too long.
Well my parents offered me a great deal. They're willing to pay for a new engine as long as I get a job and slowly pay them back. Of course I want to take full advantage of a great opporitunity. My dad told me to just get the engine I want to get, since we're going through all the trouble.
Well I'm thinking 2270 or 2056. Has anyone had experience buying from type4parts.com? Or know anything else? What carburetors would be best? Also, will I be needing a different exhaust for the larger engine ?I'll probably have a local VW mechanic assemble it together. Just looking for a heads up on what I'm getting into, I have really no idea. Had a long fun chat with a second cousin who used to be a Porsche mechanic, and he told me to ask around here first..Thanks ahead everyone..

[Jake Raby]

Tom was one of the original members of the STF back in 2000..... Back then I was doing EVERYTHING I could to get people to try the combos I had worked out, including giving away information that (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/stromberg.gif) would have loved to grab...

I sold Tom a few parts, but that was back when i didn't sell parts retail, so it wasn't much... Tom and I became friends and I gave him some help along the way- its not my engine, nor is it a kity, but it was *close* to being a kit..