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Members with 74 1.8, information needed for history of cars |
wonkipop |
Nov 25 2021, 04:35 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,253 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
@StarBear & @wonkipop want to hear from members who own 1974 1.8s.
to assist with a topic in originality section of the website. Cars need to be reasonably original with L jet fuel injection system intact. If you have the time and can help us with some information it would be great. information. 1. Vin Date - month and year (no need to post vin numbers if you don't want to). thats the date on the driver door sticker. 2. Karmann plate #. or if you have already done the maths, the day and week of the year the car began production. 3. Image of engine bay emission sticker (lhs above the air cleaner - white with red letters). sticker should say whether it is an EC-A or an EC-B engine and whether it is california + EPA or only EPA. 4. image of engine tune up sticker. this is the small white sticker that is on LHS engine tin just below fan shroud. most of them are gone by now, but some engines still have them. 5. image of the throttle body. image of the distributor. we are looking at the vacuum hose set up between the distributor and the throttle body. ----- (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
Van B |
Nov 28 2021, 12:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,582 Joined: 20-October 21 From: Maryland Member No.: 26,011 Region Association: None |
Based on my trials, I would wager that the ECU is different, or at least the program. My car simply would not start in that configuration.
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wonkipop |
Dec 1 2021, 04:41 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,253 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Based on my trials, I would wager that the ECU is different, or at least the program. My car simply would not start in that configuration. i doubled checked to be sure. no change. but.............. this is in the factory manual. i'd missed inception date of 74 1.8. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) its well after 74 MY production starts - which was august 73. compare inception date of 75. aug 74. had a quick scout of members Vin in the big list on this site. sure enough - couldn't turn up a 1.8 with a vin before nov 73. its all 2.0 cars early on. the list is not exhaustive by any means, but you would think there would be one there. so - looks like 1.8 L Jet is late coming to the party. don't start building them until nov 73. anyone with a 11/73 Vin has the first month of production of L jet on the first engine to ever have it. @nihil44 @RRietman @StarBear all have 11/73. randy takes the prize. he has the earliest L jet closest to the beginning. i don't know what they were selling in USA showrooms for the last quarter of 73. but it wasn't 74MY 1.8s going on what i can find. by the time they are made - nov 73, put on a ship and distributed in the USA it would be jan/early 1974. this makes a bit more sense with the CARB EO? starting california approval jan 74. |
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