New Guy doing a rebuild and restore, Rebuild and restore Options

[RaptorMan]

Hey guys I'm brand new. I'm a mechanic and my dad has a blue 1975 914 with the 1.8L in it. He's had the car for 20 years and has let it fall into neglect. It runs but has a good bit of blow by. It needs to have some rust spots sanded out and repainted which he is having done this summer. Interior needs some work but he wants me to rebuild the engine. As I start looking for parts I'm not finding a lot. Keeping the engine stock would be preferable. I'm going to be doing the rebuild in hayward, WI.

The motor will come out next month and I'm trying to get him a price on a rebuild. Where do you guys go for parts? What kind of things have people done in the past and what are you recommendations? Any good machine shops familar with these engines in WI? What should I watch out for ?

[Jeffs9146]

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The Classifieds here is just about the best you can get!!

Becides looking for rust, I would recomend looking for a 2.0L motor and building that up. Yhen sell off your 1.8L! You will be happier with the extra HP of the 2.0L and you can make it the way you like it! Look into Jakes threads and research some of the stuff he can do to get you the HP than you want! He can also do it with the 1.8L!