1975 New Owner Intro. First 914. Options

[MSGGrunt]

Just closed a deal on a 1975 1.8 914 and now waiting on delivery. My search criteria was to not buy a "project" and I wanted a 914 still using the original fuel injection, no rust, and in my budget of around $20k, a tall order I know. I quickly found that finding one of these cars that had not been converted to Webers or Solex carbs was not easy. I would rather sort out any issues with the factory fuel injection than fiddling with carbs.

The car I find was enthusiast owned and appeared to be well cared for. I wouldn't be surprised if he was even a 914-world member. Still has FI, repainted, thought admittedly not a a concours re-paint, from out West so no rust. Interior is clean, suspension has been lowered slightly with Koni components, and overall, the car is in great condition and within my budget.

This is my first 914 but have owned a 1985 944 and 2017 Cayman S in the past. Other cars in my collection are older Jaguars, Mercedes, a Triumph TR6, and a Landrover Discovery 2, so brands that will test your patience.

Plans for the car are to enjoy it on sunny weather and maintain it as required. Depending on how the paint looks in person a total strip and repaint may be in the future. I do like the look and functionality of the appearance group center console, so that may be a future addition.

[wonkipop]

@MSGGrunt

you still have stock 1975 heat exchangers.
they have a single pipe outlet into the muffler each side.

muffler is not a 75 muffler.
its an aftermarket muffler in the style of the factory pre 75 that looks pretty damned good.

looks like you got bilstein shocks as well. nice.


here is some tech stuff that tells you why your probably would not want to hook up the EGR and stock muffler set up (assuming you could get one anyway?).






i have nothing against EGR. it does not impede performance or rob horsepower as some folks think. but you can see why a lot of owners would have stripped it off when faced with exhaust system replacement.


i can see the second sump lid i was talking about.
its the non temp sensor type as i speculated.
all data ties 919 to cal 75 1.8 without temp sensor lid and cabin gauge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)




for plumbing up the can.
the hose diagrams for the 74 are here.
page 3 of this thread in originality section.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...57407&st=40

75 just had the can moved to beside the battery.
suspect reason for moving can was location of the EGR.
in 74 the can was on the back firewall above where the EGR was in 75.
you could go for mounting the can same as 74?
you will be looking for the small diam plastic breather hose that comes from the fuel tank up front. runs through centre tunnel of car and makes its way into the engine bay on the rhs with the fuel lines near the battery tray. hopefully all still there.

as rhody guy says. plastic not hard to get apart (which it is from your photos) there is plenty of info around on how to refill them. but it might be ok as is.

member @Van B has done it recently.


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Enjoy driving the car for the coming summer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
looks like you got yourself a pretty sweet little rig.
they go around corners a lot better that the brit stuff of the same era.
in fact they still go better around corners than stuff of this era. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)