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> Should carbs be a show-stopper for my 914 search?, How bad are they really?
BigDBass
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In my apparently endless search for the right 914, I've come upon decent candidates which I then discover have been carburated. I've basically treated that as "nothing to see here, move along", but.... what if one finds what is otherwise almost the ideal match in condition, price, color, original parts, location, except for lacking stock fuel injection?

References usually say just that it's an expensive proposition to convert back to if you manage to acquire the necessary parts. How difficult and expensive is this? What all is involved?
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BigDBass   Should carbs be a show-stopper for my 914 search?   Mar 23 2006, 03:19 PM
!   It depends... carbs with a proper rebuild and a ca...   Mar 23 2006, 03:22 PM
Porsche Rescue   I would never let carbs keep me from buying the ri...   Mar 23 2006, 03:30 PM
Joe Ricard   You can come see my car with Carbs. Not for sale ...   Mar 23 2006, 03:30 PM
BigDBass   Drat, the owner of my current prospect (that so fa...   Mar 23 2006, 04:13 PM
lapuwali   The chances are better than even that it has a sto...   Mar 23 2006, 04:32 PM
SGB   ...   Mar 23 2006, 04:58 PM
street legal go-kart   Also unless the cam is some redikalus grind which ...   Mar 23 2006, 05:07 PM
lapuwali     Mar 23 2006, 05:47 PM
Bleyseng     Mar 23 2006, 05:53 PM
Rrrockhound   ...   Mar 23 2006, 06:27 PM
MecGen   Hi I have always thought the same way, stock or n...   Mar 23 2006, 06:43 PM
GeorgeRud   Depending on the car's engine size (ie 1.7,1.8...   Mar 23 2006, 09:59 PM
trekkor   May I stir things up a bit? KT   Mar 23 2006, 11:27 PM
BigDBass   <...   Mar 23 2006, 11:46 PM
trekkor   First off, I've not seen any data that there a...   Mar 24 2006, 12:07 AM
SGB   If my car had FI when I bought it, I don't thi...   Mar 24 2006, 01:03 AM
lapuwali   <...   Mar 24 2006, 01:03 AM
wbergtho   Carbs or FI aside. If you look at the rest of the ...   Mar 24 2006, 02:03 AM
jkeyzer   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h...   Mar 24 2006, 03:24 AM
Jeff Nelson   Be very wary if the car is equiped with a single c...   Mar 24 2006, 09:29 AM
rhodyguy   buy the best body you can. single carb, dual carbs...   Mar 24 2006, 09:46 AM
trekkor   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h...   Mar 24 2006, 09:54 AM
ninefourteener   <...   Mar 24 2006, 10:21 AM
Bleyseng   dual solex's? what size are they?   Mar 24 2006, 10:33 AM
ninefourteener   On the reciepts they say 40mm My car has a wacky ...   Mar 24 2006, 10:49 AM


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