914 engine ID help neeed Options

[mlanders]

After many years of being apart from a 914, the bug is hitting me again..hitting hard...

I've come across a 72 914 that appears to be a 1.7, but the current owner has almost no history on the car, and told me that he recently replaced the starter with a 911 starter because a 914 starter wouldn't turn it over. The engine doesn't currently run, but the body is in excellent condition, so I'm thinking it might be worth a few bucks to get it running again.

Any clues on how to tell for sure which engine is installed? My bet is a 1.7, but the 911 starter story has me wondering...

I suppose I could ask the guy to count cylinders and make sure it's a four, but that still leaves the possibility of a 2.0 sitting in there...

Thoughts and advice?

Attached are a couple of pics if you want to look for clues...

Thanks,

Mark

[Cap'n Krusty]

QUOTE (mlanders @ Nov 11 2005, 07:09 AM)

I've come across a 72 914 that appears to be a 1.7, but the current owner has almost no history on the car, and told me that he recently replaced the starter with a 911 starter because a 914 starter wouldn't turn it over.

A 911 starter IS a 914 starter. It just amazes me that people just can't get a handle on this one. An SR 17X is just like an SR 17x. Of course, it might be an SC starter, but it's still the same bolt in, just more HP, and a LOT more $. The SR 17x has plenty of oomph to crank a teener engine over, so replacing it with a bigger starter, if that's what the fool did, is merely a patch to compensate for another problem. The Cap'n