I finally took the motor apart on the mystery motor
that came in the trunk of my $300 68 145.

For those who don't remember, the mystery motor had a
crazy oil pan (that had a hole in it), double wound
valve springs and IPD pushrods.

The motor looks like it has zero miles on it. It has
volvo pistons and the rods look like they were balanced
(as had the crank). Oddly, the rods were in a crazy
order -- 1342. Is the whole reciprocating mass balanced
together or is each individual part balanced by itself?
Does it matter what order the rods are put back in as long
as they've got the correct bearings?

Anyhow, the car has a cam with the following numbers on
it. It would be wonderful if anyone knew what they meant.

I5

made in USA
T5

K235
cwc

The cam looks to be in perfect shape. I'm debating as to
if I should reuse the IPD pushrods or have them resurfaced or
if I should get new ones. Anyone know what they are, if there
is a cheap source of them (as long as I've already got the
pushrods I don't need to go through IPD to get another set).

The car will eventually be fuel injected but for now I
will be putting SU HIF6s on it.

What is the cheapest anyone has found the super thick head
gasket? This head has been milled a couple times. Would it
be possible to reduce the compression ratio by taking material
out of the combustion chamber? I guess I'd have to CC the head
after doing that.

thanks,
chris