Rookie building 2056 need help Options

[Lingcuisine]

I am starting to collect parts for a 2056 build. Here is what I am thinking as far as pieces to the puzzle:

Parts I have:
-Purchased a very nice case machined by HAM Inc with main bearings and upgraded case bolts
-2.0 crank
-2.0 rods
-nice flywheel
-fan with A/C pulley (yes I need A/C in south Mississippi)
-Weber 44 idf Spanish made
-have complete 2.0 heat exchanges and exhaust
-complete 1975 2.0 in car currently runs great complete fuel injection leaks oil everywhere!!! Will use what parts I can and sell the rest

What I need info on:
-can I use weber 44 if so who rebuilds them for this size motor?
-will carbs give better preformance than fuel injection? (With A/C)
-If I use weber 44 what cam kit from Jake?
-What heads Jake Raby's RS+ or LE 200 I do want new heads
-Will buy 96 KB pistons and AA cylinders
-stock heat exchangers and exhaust o.k.?

Machine shop:
-What rotating parts need to go?
-does case need to go?
-Piston and Cylinders also?

I know I am forgetting tons of stuff. Please remember I am a rookie and need guidance.
Thanks Jeff

[Lingcuisine]

From what I have read cam and cylinder heads seem to be most important. My main reason for rebuilding is to fix oil leaks and increase power for A/C. This may seem silly but south Mississippi gets quite hot!! Will make car usable year round. My goal is get the most I can out of 2056 build.
Thanks for your help
Jeff

[jcd914]

From what I have read cam and cylinder heads seem to be most important. My main reason for rebuilding is to fix oil leaks and increase power for A/C. This may seem silly but south Mississippi gets quite hot!! Will make car usable year round. My goal is get the most I can out of 2056 build.
Thanks for your help
Jeff

I would suggest FI over carbs, LE 200 or talk with HAM maybe the 180 heads and keep your compression 8-8.5 range. The Raby 9550 cam gets good reviews but I think Raby wants your engine specs before he recomends and sells you a cam kit. I would look for some SSI heat exchangers, they flow a little better. If you have old cylinder that don't have broken fins you can get them bored for the 96mm pistons, better quallity than AA.

All of your rotating parts need to be balanced, flywheel, crank, rods, fan & pulley dynamically balanced together (maybe the pressure plate). Pistons are statically balanced.

Jim

[ConeDodger]

From what I have read cam and cylinder heads seem to be most important. My main reason for rebuilding is to fix oil leaks and increase power for A/C. This may seem silly but south Mississippi gets quite hot!! Will make car usable year round. My goal is get the most I can out of 2056 build.
Thanks for your help
Jeff

I would suggest FI over carbs, LE 200 or talk with HAM maybe the 180 heads and keep your compression 8-8.5 range. The Raby 9550 cam gets good reviews but I think Raby wants your engine specs before he recomends and sells you a cam kit. I would look for some SSI heat exchangers, they flow a little better. If you have old cylinder that don't have broken fins you can get them bored for the 96mm pistons, better quallity than AA.

All of your rotating parts need to be balanced, flywheel, crank, rods, fan & pulley dynamically balanced together (maybe the pressure plate). Pistons are statically balanced.

Jim

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) with Jim...
If it moves, it needs to be balanced. For the record, one of the best retired engine builders from 'back-in-the-day' recommends Jim if you ask him to rebuild an engine he built back then. Now if Jim would just get a 914 running out of the 8 or 10 he owns... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)