1976 914 2.0, The project continues on |
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1976 914 2.0, The project continues on |
colingreene |
Oct 31 2013, 12:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 17-October 13 From: Southern California Member No.: 16,526 Region Association: Southern California |
Thought I would introduce myself here, My name is Colin.
This is one of the first and most informitive 914 forums i found. Having grown up with the automotive forum culture i figured i would show you all what i bought. I just picked up a 1976 914 2.0 for 500$ seriously. Problem is as you can see in this picture. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i821.photobucket.com-16526-1383243790.1.jpg) It needs a bit of work. the previous owner used this car as a daily driver till the clutch delaminated. he then removed the motor took the trans appart and well, lost interest. his mess is now my problem However it could be worse, its a clean straight car and its got most if not all of its paint on it. While the trans was apart i took it to my local and trusted trans shop but came back with a bill for 1725 to replace all the bearings and synchros. Ouch. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i821.photobucket.com-16526-1383243790.2.jpg) then started tearing the motor down to clean the tin and probably powder coat it. this car will bankrupt me. The previous owner said that it ran great and had no leaks. Right. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i821.photobucket.com-16526-1383243790.3.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i821.photobucket.com-16526-1383243790.4.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i821.photobucket.com-16526-1383243790.5.jpg) Also came with these wheels (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i821.photobucket.com-16526-1383243791.6.jpg) My friend bought one also (A 71) for 500$ heres the two of them together (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i821.photobucket.com-16526-1383243791.7.jpg) Ive read so many threads to inspire me to get off my ass and do something with my car so hopefully i can take the things i have learned here and really apply it. I only have a few questions i cant find the answers to so ill just throw it out there. Should i bother keeping the stock fuel injection if i want to have some sembalance of performance. and will the stock fuel injection take to being modified say, headers maybe a mild cam? How will the car perform stock ish, while the motor is out is there any must do jobs? Ive been looking at re enforcing the trailing arms and potentially the brackets for them. as well as adding the J west shifter stuff. the shocks and such will need to be replaced, any recommendations for a road car that id like to just handle well, I have one car on race suspension (Ast) and i don't know that i want another one. And what material is the fan housing, is it aluminum or magnesium, can i get it anodized to protect it? The car has been sitting for 10 years so the brakes are slightly borked, worth it to keep the stock calipers or do they need an upgrade. other than that the car only has mild rust here and there ( the hell hole is good the battery tray is mediocre) and it appears that i might have wound up with a decent car. Thanks for all the help in advance i look forward to getting this poor car back on the road. |
colingreene |
Oct 31 2013, 09:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 729 Joined: 17-October 13 From: Southern California Member No.: 16,526 Region Association: Southern California |
what part of the longs do you want to see?
I can take pictures of the rest of it. Also thank you for the offer but the Previous owner did include the apparently somewhat rare and hard to find working air pump. I should have all the smog stuff to keep it legal. (kinda neat) Though i don't care that much.... I want to try to petition it to not be smogged. its ridiculous that CA wants to emissions test a 37 year old Vehicle A Holes.... id prefer to have the factory injection working but at the same time i want to know if its only ever going to run the car in a factory configuration. thats my key question here. Ive been around aircooled Vw/Porsche stuff my whole life. (dads first car is a 70 beetle with a 1907 (92x74) with dual DCN14's) So i know what it takes to run carbs. Would prefer the fuel injection though. For the person who asked I am in South Orange County. My friends car has the carbs on a 2.0L bus motor. not sure if this is a good thing to have, its just what it came with. It might wind up with a new motor as the oil looked dubious when i drained it. its got Webber 44 IDF's on it. I found a complete 1.7/1.8 motor for 300 the guy who has it says that it wont stay in second gear however. My wheels I am unsure how to proceed in re finishing them. From what i read they are Anodized, I have a friend who can strip and re anodize them so i might do that if thats what we confirm here they are then re paint them. As far as the trans goes, I am not real comfortable putting used parts into my trans, Id prefer to have all new parts. and thats where most of the cost has been generated. He did my dads bug transmission and it came out fabulous so i could think of worse things than spending my money on something that will only need to be done once. I know that Jim at Der Transaxle will stand behind it should it ever have any problems. However Ill suggust the Dr.Evil route to my friend about his car as hes got less of a budget than I do. After finding this website i dont feel so bad about my car not being a 911... or a 914-6... though the guy i got my car from has one and apparently wants 15k for it, not sure how good of a price that is. |
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