well....heres an update.
Brando arrived and we worked like mad on the car.... joes 'beauty' had 2 flat tires..... so he had a tow home.... and then drove out in his other 914. together.... all 3 of us managed to have the engine out rather briskly......
stripped bolt... hello sawzall!
brando helped me out for 6 hours.... we stripped all the tin, ready for paint, pulled the oil pump, pulled the relief pistons....and scrubbed everything like mad..... put in the SS braided oil psi relocation kit....
MxMark is dropping by tomorrow to help me set up the mallory dizzy......
i need to go chase paint (or 1 hour powdercoating LOL) and some longer oil pump studs.......
Brando- you rock dude! thanks for the hours of help......i owe you more than in n out