A 30 year journey, and a 2nd chance.

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That old stamped Steel Valve Cover had to go, bought stripped, and machined, primed and painted, and artfully turned a TURBO one into a T B I Valve cover, and that also gets rid of that really weak Plastic PCV box as those have an inside baffle and a rear solid PCV nipple on em.

Painted the engine bay, and block, long block parts w/ DupliColor Gloss Black and Red w/Ceramic. (rattle can after cleaning fully, roughing and priming), but it covered well, and stands up to a lot.

Moved on to wiper delete, Stock Gas Tank Delete, then fabbed up the upper (powder Coated Red)/lower(powder Coated Blue 50 thou Alum. fuel cell bulkheads to Protect the new Jegs 5 gal Poly Fuel Cell w/ Sump, and a new EFI fuel supply system, and removed the Heat/A/C box from under dash and related stuff in the engine bay, filled the holes in the firewall, etc., converted Power Steering to manual, (and finished up the Moroso Electric water pump motor and related wiring adding a painless wiring breaker, and relay), so the only things robbing power from the crank are Timing Belt (Cam Crank, Intermediate shaft...Oil pump and Distributor), and 1 belt to the Alternator (still the 90 Amp stock 1). The water pump is still the stock pump, just extended out with an adapter, as 1 belt originally drove both alt and WP.

3 other interesting parts, a brand new (in 1985 that is, and still was brand new unused in 2023, purchased at an estate sale by a friend....$150.00 bucks shipped if you can believe that, and I was only asking for a used one I could rebuild to have as a spare, so the new one is on the car, I rebuilt my old 1 as the spare), and someone purchased, and never used, same part # Upper Bosch TBI Throttle Body that was ratholed away for years and still in the box (Cheap), and same thing with the cam (I will not talk as much about the cam to many), except to say it was in a record holder (a 2.2L in a Truck running stock in the early 2000's, and it was another great rathold find sitting on someone's shelf collecting dust that I collected for a song and only used for 2 events at that time. And an interesting distributor I have not tested yet (hall effect w/ internal springs and weights and a vacuum pod). That pc was also collecting dust and let go pretty cheap. Lotsa parts out there if you really look hard enough, and in the right places at just the right time...But those 3 were once in a lifetime accidental finds (X3), because I asked a lot of people a whole lot of questions over the years.

It (that Cam), gives this particular engine the sound and power it was always lacking. No more bwop, bwop, bwop, bwop...It cackles and crackles like a real Stocker finally. (And it measured right!)

New Master Cyl. and Power Booster, all lines flushed, checked, new rear shocks, and a lot of general repairs and new parts checking the car over from headlights to tail lights.