New 914 Owner Options

[ogdougy]

Hello all!

Just making a quick introduction. Made my first 914 purchase just about two weeks ago now and now starting to dive into this car.

Its a 73 non-California car with the EB 1.7. 100k ish miles on it with a motor that is leaking like crazy (more on that later). Single 32/36 weber. Classic Auto Air AC unit. Fiberglass GT Flares, Empi Replica Fuchs, and a bunch of shit ripped out of the engine bay. Bout all i know on these
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Next to my AE86 Track car that is currently getting a cage welded in
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So now getting to the real stuff. I have worked on boxers before, i have an 400 HP ej22 on e85 in my Forester (that needs to get pulled, RIP transmission). But I have never worked on an air cooled one.

Right now, i have been doing some basic maintenance that i do when i get a car. Change all fluids, been changing all the hoses on the motor because they look like the original ones, added a catch can, etc....
But of course after changing the oil and pressure washing the bottom on the engine/trans. I notice this thing is pissing oil out the rear main. So i decided with the unknown state of the motor, im just going to do a rebuild.

Reading around its seems like the easiest thing is to buy a AApistons 19XX cc or 20XX cc kit. I dont have a horsepower goal in mind. I just want this rebuild and hopefully get close to the same mpgs i had with the 1.7 (30 mpgs on the highway driving between Phoenix and Tucson)

The end goal with this motor. I have an entire pertronix flamethrower vacuum dist with the correct coil and plugs. While the 32/36 works for now. I will replace them with 40 IDF webers. Then some new headers and exhaust. The horsepower I get is what I get. Not too big of a concern.

Q1: With my motor being a 1.7 i have to get the heads machined to fit the larger cylinders and some massaging of the combustion chambers to get the the compression down. Correct?

Q2: Cam choice. Do people run the original 1.7 cam or just get a "street/oem" grind from Web.

This was a long one but I look forward to what i can learn!

[930cabman]

Welcome aboard

How is your new 914 currently running, with the exception of an oil leak or two? Could be a reasonably simple repair to get you along until your new engine is built. Will you be using your existing case? Good call with the Webers

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[ogdougy]

Welcome aboard

How is your new 914 currently running, with the exception of an oil leak or two? Could be a reasonably simple repair to get you along until your new engine is built. Will you be using your existing case? Good call with the Webers

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It does fall on its face around 4K RPM. I believe this is due to the FI cam with a carburetor and dont exactly trust the tuning on the carb. I will be dropping the motor/trans. I could just drop the trans and redo the rear main. But there are some areas i need to weld up inside the engine bay. Hell hole is fine but battery tray needs to be replaced.

If you are not using the stock FI, ditch the cam and get something more peppy. Make sure to get lifters from the same people that made the cam so they are matched in hardness.

Do something about the wheels. They look like aftermarket fakes, and they're too small for the fenders now.

--DD

Probably get the most street cam i can get. But i will definitely get new lifters from Web as well. Thanks for that.
As for wheels, yeah its ugly, yeah they dont fit. But that is low low priority. The wheels work and roll. The engine will piss a quart of oil in no time.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) Another Arizona 914 owner. Are you in Phoenix or Tucson? There are several of us here in Phoenix with 914 project builds going on right now.

I am down in Tucson.

Are you sure you don't want to swap in a subaru motor and transmission? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

You know why i dont care about power out of the Type 4? Because if i want power i have that ej22 closed deck motor.