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73 914 2.0 Rebuild |
R Dub |
Dec 3 2017, 02:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 123 Joined: 29-August 17 From: Burbs of Chicago Member No.: 21,387 Region Association: None |
Finally got the car back to IL and started to clean it up. Overall he car is in really good shape. There is virtually no rust on it. Just a very little bit starting to form on the front fender by the hood. The paint is in really good condition but will probably need a new paint job as there are some chips in that that won't be able to touch up since it is 30+ years old. Will need the Recaro seats to be redone and will need a new arm rest. Drained the old gas out of it and then drained the oil which was mostly sludge. Bought sludge remover and put that in the case to help break it up. The mice ate the plug wires and the battery is totally shot. What spark plugs and wires do you guys recommend?
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mgphoto |
Jan 14 2019, 02:16 PM
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"If there is a mistake it will find me" Group: Members Posts: 1,338 Joined: 1-April 09 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 10,225 Region Association: Southern California |
My advice is that you should pick up the Wilson VW engine rebuild book.
Build a stock engine with 96mm barrels. Get a good carb cam, solid lifters and stock push rods. Your gonna need a machine shop to measure your case, grind valves and make other checks to insure a quality build. Toss out the 40 year old valves, new stainless will work great. You don’t need much to make a type iv a little peppier. It will be a really fun car to drive. FYI the adjustment schedule is the same for solid lifters and hydraulic. Elephant feet with chrome moly push rods will produce “0” lash meaning you don’t use a feeler gauge so you only need 2 hands instead of 3, to adjust the valves, but a lot more complicated to build in the first place. |
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