Greetings. Newb here.
Ok, so Im a car-a-holic. Specializing in, but not limited to Aircooled VWs and italian nightmares (fiat, lancia, alfa)
I do alot of autocrossing and generally enjoy the build more than the drive so once I finish setup on a car its usually time to start something new.
Thus when I completed my latest project, Yugo (dont laugh, it was better than expected and with my co driver running it took EPrepared 2 years in a row locally)
I sold it and started the hunt for a new project. I wanted to go aircooled again and happened across a 73 914 locally. Pretty clean little car for the northeast. 1.7 runs well but it needs a repaint terribly (not an issue since I do my own paint) and some other tweaks.
Unlike past projects I dont intend to butcher this one, I do respect the little 914 and would like to keep it as original as I can with some minor performance upgrades.
Sadly the FI was removed long ago and it has a single weber progressive on it for now. I would like to at least go to duals sometime down the road.
Another local car club member has also given me a nice deal on a "garage cleanout" of all his old 914 parts. In that package is a new, unused, 2.0 counterbalanced crank, rods and bearings. A spare 1.7 case and rotating assembly, and a set of 76 2.0 heads.
Obviously I would like to put together a 2.0 on a budget (sorry, tight budgets around here) So Im going to be looking for the best way to utilize those parts down the road. I've researched enough to realize I will need to get a decent cam to work with the carbs too.
I will be looking for all the advice I can get but for now I just want to say hello and I will try not to bombard the boards with questions until I do some research first.
Jim
no difference in the cases, except the W series case did not have a windage tray for the oil to flow through, which was designed to give oil some time to settle down and maybe even cool down a tiny bit. I heard it also lessened the chance of bubbles forming.
Check out Ebay for a .7 complete injection system. Theyre there every week ot 2 & are usually cheap, because no demand. Get it running & usable first. Then figure out where you want to go
the cylinders are a drop-in fit.
use stock 2.0 stuff and you should be set, assuming you have 2.0 heads.
rmital has a 1.7 w/ fi he is parting out. local in nj too. welcome to the insanity.
Some of us run the FI and some of us use carbs. I use duel IDF's, a 1.7 case
(no machining required) 2.0 counter balanced crank and rods. You could go
with 96mm P & C"s and no work nesessary on the 2.0 heads to fit. A cam, lifters
and carbs and your ready to rock. The HE's will work on any engine but what
ever kind you use you will need the hanger and muffler for that type.
What did I miss? Ah welcome to the club.
It took real guts to post that pic as your first time here. you rock.
That's a clean car in my opinion. congrats
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