Hey guys it's been a while!
I got greedy on the motor oil back in November 2013, and fried my starter trying to get her started during the first cold snap. I had been running straight motor oil with 10% gas successfully there at the end- it was wild! It would start, but I'd have to leave it running for 30 minutes to heat the gas tank (I think?) Or it would die at speed. Then as it got colder outside, I'd have to do laps around the neighborhood to build up heat. Then one day she wouldn't go more than 58 mph, and it got down to 38 that night.. I got it started on ether, but it would just run and die. And I fried the starter trying. That was the last day.
anyway, here's a link to a pump I bought from sawedoffgolf (NOT the pump that went thru the aforementioned hell!) A year or so ago.
I think I paid $75?
Also I have a 1.6 block that I believe has seen some heat for..free? ORCoaster has the head from that deal.
http://richmond.craigslist.org/pts/4387988462.html
The old half year bump for pump still available