1973 914 progress, 2.0l engine/rear suspension upgrade/fixing what needs to be fixed Options

['73-914kid]

Follow me along as I venture into type 4 hell as a newbie to VW's!
This thread will show how a V8 guy does a 4 cylinder (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)





Okay guys, pulled the engine out last weekend, and today project was disassembling it. I knew it had a knock, and it was super oily, but found out that it had gotten worse that I thought, and had actualy spun a bearing, with another connecting rod getting close to it.

Damage report:
-The crank is a little tweeked, and should be able to be ground to get rid of any evidence of the connecting rod slamming down upon the journal.
-1 cylinder has been scored terribly with 1-2 mm scratches in it. I'm hoping that the KB oversized pistons are big enough to compensate for the scoring to be taken out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
-lots of tiny bits of bearing EVERYWHERE!

The good:
-valve train is in good condition
-cases have NO marring on them
-cam looks good
-connecting rods are perfect

Other than that, it's just goint to be money to get new parts and take the crank in to be ground and possibly rebalanced and tweeked back to alignment.

And now for some pictures.......
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And here's that god awful FI system.....
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['73-914kid]

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Okay, so here are the new Mahle jugs and piston set....They are 94mm 2.0 litre pistons, but thos dishes are huge! These are bus pistons aren't they? The pistons I pulled out had a waaayyyy smaller dish in them!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) and for $295 too! Kind of a pisser, because I really don't want to have to send them back, and try and find different ones. Goddamnit.

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And here's some more pics of the parts car......pretty rough, but hey, I got an un-abused case and other things from it!

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And here's the newly redone cylinder heads and reconditioned rods. Overall, these turned out real nice with any cracks welded, and SS valves, along with whatever else goes into completely overhauling cylinder heads...


So overall, I'm pretty happy with the results. Here's the list of what all I got.
Cylinder head job-$750
connecting rods (including a new core)-$150
reground 2.0l crank- $200
full bearing set- $125
gaskets and seals (EMPI labeled thes Elring gaskets as 2.0 l when the Elring packaging says 1.8....damn, their stupid.......gonna call him and ask or correct 2.0l ones) -$100
new jugs and pistons-$295


Really my only beefs are those pistons and EMPI's shitty packaging, but what should I do about the pistons? I want it to run fine on cheap or mid-grade gas as a daily driver, but man, it's gonna have super low compression ratio with those dishes if I stay with them! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) And for the money that I paid, I'm better get what I want! lol (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif)

I stand corrected. just talked to my engine guy, and he said that it will actually be running 8.1:1 compression and is 1984 cc's....so it's all good there, because of the chamber work he did! woohoo!
I guess his supplyer no longer sells the gaskets, but they're the same minues the intake gaskets, which come new with a good weber kit!