Ounce of Prevention, -regular up-keep for us newbies- Options

[Boldylocks]

This is a quote/cut and paste from a post from yesterday. I was asking a general question regarding ways to avoid serious problems (trying to be a responsible 914 engine owner) so that the Professors out there dont have to continue finding abused engines.
Perhaps I'm the only one with these questions.
For starters: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

What would cause an intake valve to bend/br[ea]k???

An 'starter' answer was provided from ArtechnikA -as follows -

"almost always it's getting up-close and too-personal with a piston crown. >smack:question:

[J P Stein]

A few things come to mind...

1).Don't drive it in the rain.....repeat that 19 times.

20). This is kinda off the wall, but....many of these cars
have the original engine, untouched for 30 years.
Crud (shittage) collects on the tops of the cylinders...leading to over heating.

21). Attack rust where ever you find it.

22). The dangerous over revs are caused by shifting to
4th and getting 2nd. You don't even have to work at it.....New shift bushings are gud...cheep, too.....then there's Rennshifter.

23) Did I mention rust? The mechanical stuff is easier to fix than thru & thru sucking chest wounds.

24). I've been known to tear into the car each winter, some major subsystem to.... fix stuff that ain't broken.