1976 2.0 on carburetors?, Good bye Fuel injection? Options

[Mr.Vman]

!976 2.0 barn find, been sitting for yearsn no rust, good condtion. Going through brakes and chassis rubber, struts, shocks make a nice driver. Have not driven the car yet, has fuel injection, idle varies, vacuum leak? What is going on with no carburetors on a stock 2.0? Because of the camshaft timing carburetors do poorly? Is this true or a tale? Seems carburetors would be simple. Is this a myth of no carburetors on a 2.0? Thanks for the time and information. Steve V.

[Jack Standz]

Well, I don't know where everyone is getting all this bad information from.

All the 2.0 liter 6 cylinder 914s had carbs from the factory (and there were thousands of them made).

If you happen to have one of those old 2 liter 6 cylinder 914s with those ugly OEM carburetors, please PM me, maybe we can make a trade for a better fuel injected 914. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Yes, modern FI is a good thing, but 914s did not have what we have available today (albeit with some hard work and expense). If you know how to tune them and operate within their limitations, carbs work just fine. They are a lot less expensive too, especially if you're not hung up on a name brand.

Jack, he did post 76...
I know, there was one 76 914-6 but I'd bet this is not that car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

Jack is right about the very affordable IDF style clones available. You can purchase WHOLE carbs for what a real Weber rebuild kit (with throttle shafts) cost.

Wouldn't surprise me to be able to create a kit, carbs, manifolds, linkage, air filters, fuel pump, gaskets, the entire puppy for under $500.
These would be Chinese in manufacture.

Personally, I'd go through those top to bottom BEFORE I ran them on an engine.
I'd bet Jack would too!
Real Webers, Dellortos, I'd use out of the box...

The OP said it was a "!976" 914. Wasn't clear what that meant. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

My offer still standz. If you have one of those 914s that came from the factory with the awful OEM carbs on a 2 liter original six cylinder motor, please contact me about a possible trade for a fuel injected 914. No need to suffer with carbs any longer.

@Mr.Vman

If you have an original fuel injection system on your 914-4, you might be happier fixing it. Putting carbs on a 914 with an original FI camshaft isn't optimal. However, many 914 owners have run carbs on a FI 914 motor (ran one ourselves that was put on by the previous owner for 10+ years).