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Posted by: Zuffenwerker Jul 26 2023, 04:01 PM

I recently acquired my first 914. It’s a 75 2.0 that is mostly original. Here are some photos of my recent rebuild for those who would like to browse!
Original cylinders bored 1mm over. Keith black mercury pistons
Neway valve job SI valves
Yellow zinc everything because I LIKE it!!
Gloss powdercoat [attachmentid=882
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Posted by: rfinegan Jul 26 2023, 05:20 PM

LOTS of nice stuff going on here...

-Cheers

Posted by: Montreal914 Jul 26 2023, 08:56 PM

Nice looking engine!

Looks like your gearbox shifter input lever (with the sphere) was installed 180 degree off maybe?

Posted by: Zuffenwerker Jul 27 2023, 07:05 AM

QUOTE(rfinegan @ Jul 26 2023, 06:20 PM)

Posted by: Zuffenwerker Jul 27 2023, 07:07 AM

QUOTE(Montreal914 @ Jul 26 2023, 09:56 PM)

Nice looking engine!

Looks like your gearbox shifter input lever (with the sphere) was installed 180 degree off maybe?

Posted by: Shivers Jul 27 2023, 07:19 AM

Looks great.

Posted by: Zuffenwerker Jul 27 2023, 07:57 AM

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vc6pigbkEPAmk7d7H52CwjA4FhX03T7NqW1DYfaT2M8/edit?usp=sharing

Here is a link to the engine specs if anyone is interested. Compression came out to about 8.9:1.

I will post the dyno sheet here once it hits the chassis dyno

Here are some more shots of the project


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Posted by: rfinegan Jul 27 2023, 08:00 AM

HE cleaned up nice...well done

Posted by: CCE Jul 27 2023, 08:56 AM

Looks awesome!

I was not able to hold myself and maintain the originality… temptation was too much
Now its a 2.2 with 44mm webers, port polish and blanced, with a mild hot cam and the webers with conical velocity stacks… (a hooligan, lots of fun), but your pictures make me think…

Posted by: jc73-914 Jul 27 2023, 02:28 PM

very nicely done ...

Posted by: CCE Jul 27 2023, 08:21 PM

QUOTE(Zuffenwerker @ Jul 27 2023, 07:57 AM)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vc6pigbkEPAmk7d7H52CwjA4FhX03T7NqW1DYfaT2M8/edit?usp=sharing

Here is a link to the engine specs if anyone is interested. Compression came out to about 8.9:1.

I will post the dyno sheet here once it hits the chassis dyno

Here are some more shots of the project

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jul 28 2023, 05:56 PM

Do yourself a favor and ditch those heat exchangers. They are really very horrible. I mean, they look great, but their design is pretty terrible. The earlier ones may not be exactly amazing for power, but they are a lot better than these. Two pipes that join straight out of the head, no thought to equal lengths, make an almost immediate tight 180-degree turn? That flies directly in the face of pretty much all the principles of good exhaust design.

If you want heat, use the later-style 2.0 exhaust, or SSIs. If you don't need heat, talk to Chris at Tangerine Racing.

Oh, and you'll need to pull the gear selector (and side shift console) off the gearbox and flip around either the rake or the knob part, because they're 180 degrees off from where they should be.

--DD