1974 914 1.8, the mystery of the EC-A and EC-B Options

[wonkipop]

i'll be dropping the information we have gathered over Dec 2021 in with a set of posts.

the material was prompted by mr b ( @JeffBowlsby ) who observed that for the 74 MY there was an EC-A and an EC-B engine. mr b's thought was that the EC-A was a 49 states car and and EC-B was a californian car for emissions.

mr b's view was rational and reasoned. 73 EA engines are 49 states. 73 EB engines are california. 75 engines are documented in factory literature as EC-a (49 states) and EC-b (california). the logic should follow?

BUT

as per the mystery of the 914, the truth about 74 1.8s turns out stranger than fiction (or common sense?).

the material is not necessary to running a 1.8 or having fun with a 14. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

its for historical purposes and as information to 74 1.8 owners to assist with restoration if they want it.

[wonkipop]

thanks for that info randy
i revised the schedule to get that info in.

point of sale confirms the pattern - yours being an EC-B.

all this is thanks to mr. b
he asked the question.
we just looked for the answer.
its not that hard to do now thanks to the internet.
for a start its easy for us to all communicate through this website.
and its amazing what you can pull down from EPA archives etc with the right search terms. the american bureaucracy really has digitized their records to an extent that is astonishing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

+ there are cars like yours and starbears.
he knows everything that has been done to his car since the day he drove it out of the showroom. not many cars and owners like that still around. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
may as well get it all down on the record. we are not here forever.