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First Type 4 post let's do this!

So I'm looking at a 1976 2.0L bus engine. Should be GD case unless it's European. Talking with the guy, says the pistons are "new-ish" and the heads are "Pretty good" as well as it has "a lot of crank end play"

This engine is gonna be made upright and squeezed into a Super Beetle.

The engine has all the Type 4 tins but no dizzy or any intake parts (it'll be converted to Dual Carb anyways)

So questions here are; is this even a good engine for upright conversions or am I wasting my time like I stated, seller says the heads and pistons are fine but the crank will need to be shimmed to .003".
And what's my best bet distrubutor? I don't have the biggest budget so I can't drop $500 on a rebuilt genuine Bosch.
Also how much horsepower were these rated at in the US? 2L porsches had almost 110HP but TheSamba technical page says 70HP, would upping the compression ration give a bit more oompf?

Quick edit to say I'm not looking for a performance engine, just something to make dailying my Super a little better! Not needing to squeeze every pony out of the engine.

205S DIZZY IS BEST FOR T4 IN A CAR.
PULL FLYWHEEL AND MEASURE SHIMS.
REMOVE THINNEST AND REPLACE WITH ONE THAT IS 0.003 THICKER.
REINSTALL FLYWHEEL.
RUN IT!

DON

Finally an answer! In this limbo I've acquired my engine and it's got almpst .023" of play!!!! I gotta shim out .019" to get .004" of freeplay but no kits sell .019" or combinations for that, best i got os .020" and have .003" of end play.

Is the wise choice to go and add .020"?

something else is the easiest way is to replace the flywheel anyway , I don't believe the Porsche 2lt is a direct bolt up ,the pressure plate will foul on the type 1 clutch housing . The AA aftermarket conversion flywheels are the easiest way and use a 200mm type 1 clutch ,it will give a different end float again , so measure , .004" is the minimum , I think any where between 0.004 and 0.007 is OK . I second Don on the stock bus dissy. even down to the points and condenser . Keep is simple .