83 3.0 SC engine install into a 914, Need some wiring help |
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83 3.0 SC engine install into a 914, Need some wiring help |
Luke M |
Nov 29 2012, 11:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,377 Joined: 8-February 05 From: WNY Member No.: 3,574 Region Association: North East States |
My brother has a 74 914 2.0 that's going to get a 83 3.0 SC installed into it.
The engine is going to be run with Weber carbs. I know that some members may have a 3.0 installed in their 914's . The question that I have is what type of ignition source are you using? I've heard the 83 distributor cant be used and need to use an earlier one ? Can a MSD 6AL box, & coil be used instead of the cd box? The engine wire harness what's needed to make this work? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Luke |
Luke M |
Nov 30 2012, 09:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,377 Joined: 8-February 05 From: WNY Member No.: 3,574 Region Association: North East States |
Thanks for the input guys.
I checked out the Bruce Anderson book and this is what I found. 80 and later 3.0 SC engines will require the distributor to be recurved. Bruce also states that you can use a 78-79 3.0 SC unit with carbs or a European distributor. I plan on calling either Jerry Woods or Eric's guy at some point today. Hopefully I'll have a concrete answer from one of these experts. Does anyone have a wire schematic that they may have made up while doing their 3.0 install ? wiring for the MSD box? The other question is which MSD box model to use with this engine? I have an email into Perry on a wire harness for this engine. I'll have to wait and see what he recommends. Seeing how there's a 90 day warranty with this engine I'd like to get it up and running ASAP. The p/o stated that this engine was a 60000 + mile engine that ran strong just removed for a 3.6 conv. Thanks, Luke |
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