If the mods feel this should be moved to Vintage, that is OK.

I have a 250C with a 2.8L that is in need of a teardown/rebuild. The oil pressure relief valve fell out and the engine lost oil pressure. It runs, but it knocks. Also, the dual Zeniths are shot, so I will need to do something about them.

My question is, since I am going to rebuild it, what kind of performance could I possibly get out of this engine? Is it worth doing a performance build? I love the car, and I love going fast, so why not do it with this car? It wasn't a real slouch before, even with the worn out carbs, it still cruised at 100 mph easily, and topped out at 120.

I feel horrible that this car has sat for years, and now that I have a job that allows a little money to be thrown at projects, I want to get this thing back on the road!

Here is what I have to work with: