1.7L HP, Why are the specs differing ? Options

[DANNYMAC]

I see 1.7L spec's all over the place, several list 80HP but some say 69 saw one stating 86 what gives ? All say Top End is 110mph but I just had my 1.7L at 110 and had some pedal left ?

[JamesM]

I see 1.7L spec's all over the place, several list 80HP but some say 69 saw one stating 86 what gives ? All say Top End is 110mph but I just had my 1.7L at 110 and had some pedal left ?

Dont quote me on this, but I believe the California spec 1973 1.7s were only 69hp. I had a CA delivery 73 1.7 and it was noticeably slower than any other 1.7 (and any other 914 period) that I have driven and I recall reading at one point there was a difference with California delivery cars for that.

I think some of the difference in specs out there may have to do with specific country and differences between model year as there were far more differences delivered than just the 3 motor sizes (1.7, 1.8 and 2.0)

In the US alone the 1.7 and 2.0 motors had changes to its ignition and injection pretty much every year as well as the exhaust change in 75 and the added emissions in California. the 1.8s had quite a few changes that would have affected power between 74 and 75 as well.

And then there are the ROW delivery cars that were different as well. So really at the least there should be different specs for:

69-72 1.7 (79HP)
73 1.7 (69HP in CA)
US 73-74 2.0 (95 HP)
US 75-76 2.0 (87 HP)
ROW 73-76 2.0 (99 HP)
US 74 1.8 (??? HP)
US 75 1.8 (75 HP)
ROW 1.8 (84 HP)

and there are probably more than that as well.

Given 50 years of articles that just copy specs from other various sources the specific probably got lost somewhere along the way.

As for your 1.7 having pedal left at 110... 1. Is it stock and 2. Is your speedo accurate?

[DANNYMAC]

I see 1.7L spec's all over the place, several list 80HP but some say 69 saw one stating 86 what gives ? All say Top End is 110mph but I just had my 1.7L at 110 and had some pedal left ?

Dont quote me on this, but I believe the California spec 1973 1.7s were only 69hp. I had a CA delivery 73 1.7 and it was noticeably slower than any other 1.7 (and any other 914 period) that I have driven and I recall reading at one point there was a difference with California delivery cars for that.

I think some of the difference in specs out there may have to do with specific country and differences between model year as there were far more differences delivered than just the 3 motor sizes (1.7, 1.8 and 2.0)

In the US alone the 1.7 and 2.0 motors had changes to its ignition and injection pretty much every year as well as the exhaust change in 75 and the added emissions in California. the 1.8s had quite a few changes that would have affected power between 74 and 75 as well.

And then there are the ROW delivery cars that were different as well. So really at the least there should be different specs for:

69-72 1.7 (79HP)
73 1.7 (69HP in CA)
US 73-74 2.0 (95 HP)
US 75-76 2.0 (87 HP)
ROW 73-76 2.0 (99 HP)
US 74 1.8 (??? HP)
US 75 1.8 (75 HP)
ROW 1.8 (84 HP)

and there are probably more than that as well.

Given 50 years of articles that just copy specs from other various sources the specific probably got lost somewhere along the way.

As for your 1.7 having pedal left at 110... 1. Is it stock and 2. Is your speedo accurate?

You don't list a 1.7 non CA ?