Original 914/6 engine management, A couple of questions Options

[michel richard]

Please let me know if I have this right:

1) Original /6 cars came with Porsche's electronic ignition module of the time i.e. the BZK module, as opposed to only super-basic Kettering (sp?) points.

2) Fuel was carbs, of course, but there was an additional cranking enrichment which necessitated a thermotime switch, a "dashpot" on the throttle somewhere and perhaps a couple of other electrical widgets.

I'm trying to make sense of the engine wiring harness that I have, which is from a /6.

Thank you.

Michel

[DonTraver]

The cold start enrichment was a disaster waiting to happen. It was two 2-3mm pipes with hole drilled in them that dumped raw gas into the intakes of each velocity stack. The pipes were mounted in the orginal air filter housing, controled by a valve over above the #3 cylinder. Didn't work very well, and was known to start engine fires. I still have the system, but it was taken off shortly after I bought my 6 from my step dad. Without it, I have to give them engine a couple of minutes to get the cylinder temps up before driving off.

Later, Don