Kardex Report, Better Than COA Options

[914Sixer]

I got my Kardex report on the Creamsicle. This report has more information than the COA from Porsche. COA from Porsche on another Creamsicle. Lots of dealer stuff not listed.

[JeffBowlsby]

No functional difference between 49-state or CA-model LEs. The Registry includes at least 18 original Monroney labels, and each indicates the same model # as 473644.

[wonkipop]

No functional difference between 49-state or CA-model LEs. The Registry includes at least 18 original Monroney labels, and each indicates the same model # as 473644.

there certainly was no difference in the 2.0s USA wide in 73.
the CARB documentation i have shows vac advance, vac retard and mech advance for distributor.
at that point in time california was not yet requiring that vac advance be disconnected - for any of the models, either 2.0 or 1.7. only requirement was the car had to be able to run on unleaded or low lead fuel. the 1,7 could run on unleaded 89 RON. the 2.0 could run on 93 according to CARB documents. which i assume was low leaded?

in 74 the CARB documentation shows that the vac advance had to be disconnected for the 2.0s. additionally the 1.8 certification says the same thing. fuel specs are as per 73.

and we know for a fact now that the 1.8s for 49 states had the vac advance connected and were different from the california 1.8s. there were two specs despite the emissions sticker ambiguities. tune up stickers were not ambiguous. and there is nothing in any shop manual or tech spec issued by vw or porsche that shows that difference. there may be but none of us have ever come across it. bear in mind that difference is merely a vac hose connected or not connected. thats it. nothing else.

i'm not saying the 2.0s followed that pattern. but it took a lot of research into the 1.8s with a lot of examples collected and examined closely to tease it out and discover it.

could be still that was the case for the 2.0s. you are not going to find it in emissions stickers thats for sure. we know that from the 1.8s. you would only be able to assertain it from unmolested original examples and possibly from tune up stickers if the 1.8s are anything to go by. but the difference, if its there, and its a big if, will just come down to that vacuum hose and nothing else. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)