my friend ryan showed up today with a new car he bought that has a nice clean little motor in it.but ran like crap cause the solex carbs where just beat from age.(he also ownes a nice 2.0 914) not very mechanicly inclined he asked me to show him how to install weber ict carbs on it.took about two hours walking him through it but it ran nice after he left.
i owned a few fastbacks this is a nice one.
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I wish i could get my squareback to run . I think it needs a rebuild. One (or more) of the cylinders doesnt fire since it overheated. Does anyone have a running T3 engine they wanna get rid of?
Weber ICT, yuck....I'd rather rebuild and rebush the solex's.
Rich your right, like anything else, your drivetrain is only as strong as its weakest link. With my square I smoked 3rd gear this summer, but not directly from my 2.0 T1 (3) engine, but because some dufus in front of me slammed on their brakes to turn right. I had lock it up and it took out my 3rd gear, most likely it was weak from the 2.0 to start with.
Luckly a beefed bug IRS trans with welded gears can be had for about $600.
On my '71 square I'm planning to install my old 914 1.8 L-jet into it, because it ran so well. At 80hp (about 15hp more than stock FI T3) the stock trans should handle it OK.
Im looking into doing a subaru engine swap (ej20t from a wrx). I think i'd go with a 911 901 trans instead of the stock irs trans.
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