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DenjaCol |
Jun 27 2021, 11:50 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 15-August 12 From: Northern California Member No.: 14,808 Region Association: Northern California |
Greetings;
I have been away for the forum for awhile and my restoration project has stalled. I am thinking a switch to carburetors might get me motivated to get back on it and see if it will run. I got the car from my father in law who had it parked for almost 20 years.. Looking for recommendations on carburetors, I was thinking the single barrel carbs would be best since this is a bone stock 1.8. Which carbs are best? Which fuel pump should I use? How do you power the fuel pump? Would I need an inertia switch? Just looking for ideas. Thanks |
bbrock |
Jun 28 2021, 08:45 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
+1 on sticking with FI. To get the most out of carbs requires changing the camshaft, which means splitting the engine. FWIW, I just got my 914 back on the road after 35 years. I rebuilt the engine with carb cam and dual 40IDF Webers. I have 600 miles on the restored engine. It runs amazing. Much better than I had hoped for at this point, and I'm already plotting a switch back to FI. I'll spare details but FI is just better. There are good reasons to install carbs, but if I were to do it again with the information now available, I would have restored my OE fuel injection rather than switching to carbs.
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