914 Diesel build.... Options

[PatrickB]

Here goes nothin....
Been planning this for a while, but it was supposed to be a winter project. Wasn't quite ready yet. KEP adaptor parts have been sitting here. Timeline moved up because of a failure.
Had a chirp that turned into a BAD miss, valve seat issue on one cylinder.

Had a fresh 1.9 AAZ diesel sitting in my storage trailer that had never been fired. (honed, rings, bearings, injection pump reseal). "new" engine was destined for my daily beater . Same engine in the beater is getting a little tired, I've put at least 350,000 km on it and the compression is getting down. Still runs okay though. Swapped the "new" engine into the beater. 16 year old son is learning...

[914forme]

To add off Dave's ideas, the Speedo fix is much easier.

On the cheap I used to run a bike speedo $10 and a magnet taped to the CV. Rolled it a couple of rotation like the direction said and I was safe at my venue. No way I was getting a ticket on a service road for going over 10 MPH. Asshole campus cops with nothing better to do but bust a driver for going 2 MPH over a speed limit.

Next level up would be go with a GPS speedo. Many of applications on your phone, some are free but the phone cost.

If you want it in the dash, many options for GPS add ons for the gauge or Speedhut sells one that is enclosed looks similar to the original VDO.

Beyond that taller gearing is way cheaper still.

A proper Passat FWD TDI Transaxle from a FWD is cheaper. What about a five speed out of the late 80s early 90s VW fox it was a longitudinal engine. Mechanical stick, but still might work. Gearing would still be a bit low, but maybe better than the 901

Or a bus trans out of a TDI bus.

Many ways to skin a cat.

Of course you could run drag slicks and just light them up so they grow bigger and bigger and bigger. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) If this was a TDI then that would be entirely possible.

You could also go with a Subaru MT5 your already running an adapter plate.