There just cannot be that many 914 2.0L engines from 73-74 left to make a difference to a manufacturer to make the 017 CHTS in 2010. The far majority of cars produced were 1.8L after 1973-4, and all models use the 012. Don't have a complete count, but I know of a 2.0L block with a GA00045XX serial number out of a 74. Maybe there were 10,000 of the GA series made with the 017 CHTS?
Many original cars are rotted out, and a lot of engines just don't exist any more. I have come to the conclusion that I need to buy a complete set of parts for mine, then rebuild it, then buy another complete set.
I don't really want to swap blocks, but it is not hard to imagine a complete engine failure. These first 2.0L cars like mine and Tom T's are 38 years old as of next month, as we are talking 2.0L Type IV. Mine is block number GA000386.
I definitely don't beat my car, but I do shift at 5,000. Tom T has to complete his restoration. Hopefully in 2011.
At this point, I am already planning and saving for a complete rebuild some day in the next several years.
Aircooled is VERY cool, but they do break. I listen to it all the time, and I will not flip out when something breaks. I will have to bite the bullet for about $5,000, and that is maybe me doing the work. More like $15,000 because I should paint it and do the tranny when I have the drivetrain out.
That would basically double what I have in the car as of 2010.
But, I am not complaining. Nothing beats driving to the beach on the 91 and 55 at sunset in Orange County. Even when it was 101 today!
John
QUOTE(pilothyer @ Jul 17 2010, 04:48 PM)
I really wonder why no one is making these. Isn't it simply a thermo-resiistor? It also seems to me that you could use just about any one that is available and add an inline ballast to equal the value you need while cold, warm or fully warmed or better yet use a variable resistor as the ballast and tune it to your preference. Most of the ones I have tested have about 2.5Kohms cold and then go to close to closed circuit to ground when hot. An open circuit one will not let the engine start, but if you simply ground the wire that goes to the brain it will.