Goldie, new to me 92 914 1.7 |
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Goldie, new to me 92 914 1.7 |
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Jan 29 2015, 12:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 1-January 15 From: San Francisco Member No.: 18,277 Region Association: Northern California |
Hi Fourteeners,
I'm Chris. I just bought this gold 72 1.7 from the second owner who owned it for 40 years! It is in really amazingly well preserved *almost* rust free, *almost* original condition. It has about 70k miles on it. It lived most all of its life in the high desert of so cal, owned by an engineer who maintained it himself (with a log!). Unfortunately I didn't do a compression test on it before I bought it, and now I see that it has two cylinders at 130 and two at 165. And the 130 cylinders are not on the same side.... Anyway, I just thought I'd introduce myself. Here's a question; I think I'm going to keep driving the original, 1.7 matching numbers mill for a while. But, I'd like to put a reasonably fresh 2.0 motor in there. Any advice on my options? Long block? Used rebuild? FI v. carbs? Best, Chris |
McMark |
Jan 29 2015, 01:38 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
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If you're ever up in Sonoma, stop by. I would love to see the gold in person. Mine is supposed to be that color and I can't wait to go back. Mine's also the 1.7, but with the turbo on it it's a ton of fun. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif) Rebuilding the heads and connecting rods, and installing new pistons and cylinders can be somewhere around $2000. Depends a lot on what's discovered inside. But a 2056 is a great engine. 2270 is even better. And then it goes up from there, depending on how much you want to spend and how fast you want to go. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
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