1973 2.0 D-jet goes from tune up to rebuild. Options

[Jesco Reient]

Well the trail of events and inspection has finally led me to split the case order new P&Cs, rebuild the heads, I will most likely keep the D-Jet since I have inspected all the components and rebuilt the wire harnesses. With a Steve Long Hydraulic cam and and 2056 displacement are what I'm thinking right now. Any thoughts?

[JamesM]

A few thoughts on hydo lifters/cam grinds

I had a hydo cam/lifters put in mine when I was still using it as a daily driver, ran great, still does aside from the occasional lifter bleed down. Now its only used for autocross and i keep wishing something would break so I have an excuse to tear the damn cam out. I had read all the complaints before going with the hydro setup but i figured losing some top end was worth not doing valve adjustments, and for the first 7 years it was. What i didnt quite get though during the decision process is that with hydro lifters its not just that you lose some top end power, you just lose top end all together. In my case its right around 5k and it just stops revving completely. Plenty of power up to 5k, feels like more power than my solid lifter 2.0s, but cuts completely at 5K almost like a rev limiter, REALLY annoying when there is not enough time for shifting to make sense and you are forced to just ride it bouncing at 5k. Less power I could deal with as I would still be accelerating, just slower, but this makes me want to pull my hair out! Its that frustrating!

With the newer components Jake and others have been using that allow for easy 0 lash adjustments, I dont think i would put hydros in another 914 motor. I would do it in a Bus, but you may want to drive the hell out of your 914 someday, and with the hydros you wont be able to.

Just something to think about