mVÌPVÿÿ>  Did they ever come up with a 'cure' for the engine fires
those cars were
mVÌPVÿÿ>  prone to having?


Well the magnesium content of the aluminum block was not indigenous to just
the 914, I think the 911s and 912s and other sundry assorted VW bus engines
shared the same fate.  A friend of mine who lives near Mark in Baldwin Md.
came home in his 914 and exited the car when he noticed some smoke.
Immediately he knew that he should get his full length leather coat from
the passenger seat and walk away because there is nothing you can do to put
the fire out. 

I had very good luck with mine. I realized early on that when your points
wore down, it sent a false signal to the injectors. There was a second set
of sensor points in the distributor that actually timed the injectors in
sequence with the ignition points. I found a kit made by MSD that replaced
the rotor with a little disc that had a hole in it that would allow an led
light to "strobe" through a sensor. It was actually a primative
electronic ignition that eliminated the points.  It cost less than $50.00
but once set up correctly, I ran the car as my daily driver for more than
10 years and I know I had over 150k on the original clutch.  The body
rusted out before anything else wore out. My favorite car until my 2009
gti.  But the 914 was an absolute go kart. I had it on lower springs and
KYB struts. Everything rattled apart as it was like a truck but my God the
ramps going on and off the interstate were at warp speed :)

  
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