..... I lived in Minnesota, St. Paul at the time, sold it to a young photographer who lived just off Henepin and Lake in Mpls, along with the rebuilt 094 Tranny. Used the bigger 215 mm 914 flywheel, the gears had been changed, the differential was from a Vanagon..... ..... and the '74 was quicker to 45 than my 1978 Scirocco! Got 28 MPG, and cruised at 3500 RPM at 70MPH with oversize 215/70-14 tires.
Ch '89 SyncroBeast Vanagon - '87 16V GTI '80 850 Yamaha Special '87 16V GTI w/ hale damage - parting out - body gone, parts remain '89 16V GTI w/ toasted motor '86 Scirocco (8 valve w/ auto) - SO's New Jursey (our hearts remain in MinneSnowta) In a perfect world without walls or fences........ .....................why would we need Windows or Gates?
**** SNIP FROM ORIGINAL **** Actually, he could have my old 2.0 liter 914 motor. I built it up for my 1974 loaf, and sold it many years ago, and yes, it was pushing 150 HP what with the stump pulling cam, dual webers, rockers, larger pistons, ported heads, yada, yada, yada.... So, 150 HP out of a 2.0 liter 914? yep, easy to do. Made the '74 way wicked quick! ******************************************************* Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 16:44:49 -0800 From: "Nemo, the Bus Captain" <nemobuscaptain@YAHOO.COM> Subject: Wow--150hp engine (snicker snicker) http://ep.com/js/mi/c0/b0/v0/n0/1364067.html Amazing claims out there in some of these ads. *******************************************************
Ch '89 SyncroBeast Vanagon - '87 16V GTI '80 850 Yamaha Special '87 16V GTI w/ hale damage - parting out - body gone, parts remain '89 16V GTI w/ toasted motor '86 Scirocco (8 valve w/ auto) - SO's New Jursey (our hearts remain in MinneSnowta) In a perfect world without walls or fences........ .....................why would we need Windows or Gates? |
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