Waking up an engine Options

[flippa]

I have to start by saying that I absolutely love this site!!! I had nothing but my Haynes manual when I first worked on these cars (pre Internet days). I am now fully addicted again; have the car I am restoring & 2 parts cars.

I am trying to decide which direction to go, and looking to you guys for some input. I have pulled a few engines, and have to decide which one I want to get one running for the Spring.

Here are my options;

1973 2.0 FI complete & unmolested, shows 78k miles on the odometer. It seems real clean but it has not been running since 1988. Car sat in a barn for the past 19 years (this one is still sitting in the car)

1970 1.7 with Weber 44's. The PO stated that he had it running a few years ago & decided to rebuild the carbs. He completely disassembled one of them & stopped there. I have the rebuild kit for them. THe engine seems real clean & the car had a bunch of mods done to it. Someone spent a bunch of $$$$ and time on this car and showed it lots of love (this is the car that is getting saved).

1975 1.8 with Weber 44's. Engine is kind of a rusty, crusty mess & does not turn free. It is complete, but the car sat outside & was a rotbox.

I am leaning towards getting the 1.7 running first as it seems to be the cleanest one and I have two sets of identical carbs to rebuild.

I would love to get the 2.0 going with the FI, but don't know where to start with it. All the parts are there but are over 33 years old. Is there a manual/book on how to test the various components, etc. The HE's are rotted beyond saving, and have read here that 1.7/1.8 SSI's work on them. Would running this setup have any negative affects on a stock 2.0?

[flippa]

I am concerned with attempting to run the 2.0 as is. It appears that it is all there, in good shape, but is over 33 years old. Everything is origonal; doesn't look like anything has been modified or hacked into. All of the vaccuum lines & fuel lines are the oem fabric covered ones.

The story from the seller was that it was his Grandpa's car, and was stored in a barn with a bunch of other cars that he was planning on restoring. It was a good running car, but was parked in 1988 and never moved after it was stuffed in a corner of the barn

Fuel system is still full of 20+ year old gas. Everything needs to be replaced.

Where would I get the fuel injectors cleaned/tested?

I suppose that I could replace the fuel lines & try to run it. It would be easier to replace fuel lines & inspect everything out of the car. I know that quite a few guys have run an engine outside the car. Is this a complete pain, or should I just attempt it whith the engine still sitting in the parts car (need to search past posts for this one).

I will post a few pics as I move forward (none on this computer)