New To The Forum, Intro and Pictures of my project Options

[Pete_Aron]

Hi to everyone. I just picked up a 1970 914/4. It needs a lot of work. It came with the engine and transmission out of the car. The engine was under a tree covered with some plastic. It turns but after about a quarter turn something is stopping it inside.

The engine serial starts with EA, which I think makes it a 1972 or 1973 1.7. Definitely not original to the car. No starter, no alternator, no exhaust, no FI. The transmission was in the frunk.

I'll be tearing it down in a couple of weeks. I'd like to make some mild performance improvements. Looking for reliability rather then horsepower. A budget build if that's even possible with one of these.

Feel free to chime in with crank, cam, valve possibilities. Looking forward to learning from this forum and sharing my experience here. Thanks, Chris

[PanelBilly]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) I agree about working on the body first. Poke around with a screwdriver and see what you find. You picked a good car for rebuilding. Thanks to our suppliers, you can get nearly every part to fix any problem. Just comes down to spending $$$ vs value of car.

[worn]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) I agree about working on the body first. Poke around with a screwdriver and see what you find. You picked a good car for rebuilding. Thanks to our suppliers, you can get nearly every part to fix any problem. Just comes down to spending $$$ vs value of car.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) I like the description including the things that didn’t come with the car. Replacing them will give you satisfaction and assurance that you have at least some confidence that those areas are taken care of. Unless of course they aren’t. The folks here represent what the internet ought to be.