I should confess that twice, when my wife was driving my 2.0 to work
(she had a matching 1.7 L that I was working on both occasions) she
was rear ended by 1st a Buick that pushed her up under the car in
front almost to the windshield, and several years later by a Toyota
that only shortened the car by six inches at the rear. In both cases I
had the car rebuilt by the Arlington Porsche dealer, partially at my
expense because it was less expensive to me than replacing the car
with an unknown similar version. Engine and transmission were not
damaged in either wreck, just the mounting brackets.
On Jun 4, 2009, at 22:03 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
In 1976 I bought a 1973 Porsche 914 2.0 with Appearance and
Performance packages and 32,000 miles on it for $3750. I drove it to
work daily, raced it in autocrosses and on the track over 5 seasons
from 1977 to 1982, while the only major work needed was installing
new slider cogs and a new first gear in 1984. That and ALL other
work on the car I did myself, using several Clymers and other books.
In 83 I tore it down to the unibody shell and cleaned it up and
painted it with Porsche products, replacing the needed rubber seals
and other little parts, and put it back on the road after showing it
(once) at a concours.
Never had to take the heads off, but I did replace the pushrod tube
seals twice. Compression over time went down from 145 psi to 125.
When the #3 cylinder psi dropped to 90 at 368,000 miles, I sold it
for $1700 in 1995. I've seen it several times since, still running
around the Seattle area.
Joseph McAllister
Pentaxian
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