Thanks for the quick replys!
I checked out the camp914 site, but even the "project car" with no paint or assembled parts is listed at $4000. Often times the enthusiast sites have the highest pricing on the market, so I generally purchase from newspaper ads and people who don't know what they've got. The link I posted for $2000 seems like a much better deal as I'm not looking for a factory correct car. I just want a fun driver that looks good. Bodywork and paint are too much of a hassle IMO. I have the necessary bodywork tools and have done it in the past, but don't really care to do any more of that kind of work if I can help it. I'd rather have a mechanic's special (within reason as I already have two projects cars going). I work in a family owned machine shop, which also helps when it comes to these things.
I also don't like the look of the car without the painted rockers, bodykit and spoiler. All of which this car has. I've found in the past that it's better to just purchase a car equipped with the features you want rather than add them to something that's 'close'. I'd just like to rebuild the engine to stock specs depending on what needs to be replaced in which case I'd upgrade to aftermarket.
But overall it seems that you guys are right on the money regarding rebuilding this engine vs purchasing a running vehicle considering the "rebuild kit" offered by Raby runs $4000 whereas you can buy the whole thing ready to go from him at $5000 according to his post in the tech section. But I don't really need any of the performance kits, I just want OEM replacement parts and I have yet to find such a kit.
I did another search on cip1 and found this:
http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=914Lots of kits, but I'm unclear if these kits include everything I need, or which one for that matter. I'll have to call up I suppose.
Here I found another source for kits:
http://www.motormeister.com/suz/rebuild_ki...ild_kit_911.htmThey're listed for $789 to rebuild the top and bottom end of the 911 2.0, which I'm not sure is the same as the 914 2.0. Again, I'll have to call to verify, but this is more of what I'm looking for. (BTW their 914-6 kits look pretty reasonable.)
Am I on the right track to finding a rebuild kit rather than a performance upgrade kit? I think if I pay $1000 for the car and shell out $2000 for engine parts then the acquisition is reasonable, but is this idea reasonable or am I still in la la land?