-6 Original Motor Convert? Options

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Hi everyone! This is a great source that i look at daily. Have a question for the experts.

Car: 73 2.0 with original motor, Weber 40 carbs (but have fully functional injection in boxes - wanted to play with carbs -sadistic), MSD 6AL ignition, Holley fuel pump, all braided fuel lines, inline fuel filter, headers, supertrapp, custom cage (driver compartment only right now with side bars), fuel cell, remote cooler up front with -10/AN lines running center of car, corbeau seats w/5-point harness, koni adjustables all around- 200lb springs in the rear, stock torsion bars (as far as i know)stock brake calipers, pagid orange pads, 19mm master cylinder, braided lines, fiber hoods and bumpers, includng the GT front end with cutouts for the correct shaped and ducted cooler, 2.0 fuchs w/ 205/50/15 kuhmo rubber and a set of 15x7 panasports (race) when i get the courage to flare. Car is almost exclusively used for track and autocross, although i plan to do an occasional weekend fun run starting soon (will register for this purpose - it isnt currently). Thats all i can think of to describe - trying not to get flamed for poorly formed question. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Opportunity: Original 2.0 from 6 cylinder car in family (read - free) with good heat exhangers and muffler. Motor has been sitting for 10 years in dry and controlled conditions, when father pulled it and put it an IMSA race motor and generally turned the car into a monster; he races the car in several venues.

Question: Im sure this question has been asked before, but what kind of efforts would be needed to install the 2.0. How much are top end parts, assuming the bottom is ok and the end result would be a "warmed" stock motor for the HSR 2.0 class, with an eye toward longevity? What about conversion costs (motor only at first)?

Any advice/comments would be really appreciated!

Bill

EDIT - knew i would miss something! Side shifter with shortened 4th and 5th.

[campbellcj]

My car is a 2.2 "S" spec built on a -6 motor. So it's not technically legal for the HSR 2L class although I hear they are not too anal about classifications if you're not a top-finisher. Which I wouldn't be, LOL. As you know there are plenty of high-dollar cars running there with engines that cost as much as my entire car...maybe more.

My engine was not super "cheap" but was a turnkey deal from a guy I somewhat know and trust -- had done biz with him before -- it dropped into the car and fired up perfectly from day one w/ no futzing. I would not have gone the small-displacement route if I were not working to (POC) class specs AND also trying to avoid the huge expensive of a full engine build. Whether a -4 or -6, a proper rebuild is big bucks, easily twice what I paid for a very strong engine WITH freshly rebuilt Webers.

The class I am running with POC is getting extremely competitive. If I had gone one class higher, it gets even wilder and I'm sure the top runners have well over $50K into their cars and many more years experience than me.

One cool thing about the six conversion is that once the infrastucture is there (tank/mount/lines/etc) you can very simply drop in a bigger, badder engine with minimal effort. Anything between a 2.0 and 3.2 is a quick swap. So when I get ready to run with the big dogs, I can go to a 2.8RSR, 3.0 Motec or whatever I feel like without throwing away anything.

Re. Jake Raby's fours -- I got the strong impression from numerous Pelican threads that they are nice street rod or amateur drag race motors, but he has -zero- road race experience. In the kind of conditions we see here in the desert, the high-power fours seem to have a tough time.