Newb in Toronto with a car that won't idle Options

[gord]

Hey everyone,

After lurking around here for years, I finally found myself a 914. Picked it up today and began the 30 min drive home — things started relatively well when the car was cold, but soon after warming up it would no longer idle, basically stalling as soon as I took it into neutral. Had to keep restarting it at every stop with the throttle completely down to get it going again.

The car is a 1972 1.7 allegedly converted to a 2.0 (although I'm probably the 7th owner, and I haven't found the serial number yet, so I actually have no idea what's in it).

After searching around here, I've found pointers to the AAR and Brad Anders's detailed info on diagnosing FI and idle problems — unfortunately I don't really have the time or space to get into this kind of troubleshooting right now.

Hoping somebody might point me to a reputable shop in Toronto that could help be get this car going again?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Gord

[Bleyseng]

Tune up with points, condenser, valve adjust then-
Start with timing - time the engine to 28 degrees before TDC at 3500rpms! Full advance at this rpm.
then the air bypass screw to set the idle speed
if the engine is warmed up, set the idle mix screw on the ECU to best running condition. Adjust it slowly seeing what effect it has one click at a time as it take a minute to adjust the mixture.