91 is fine, if that is the best you can get. You probably have less ethanol then us. We are 10%.

 

I believe we are at 10% as well.

 

Got my clutch and throttle cables today. My friend at the VW shop lubed them up already. They are in the trunk. When I get a chance I'm going to inspect the ones on the car now to see if they are OK.

 

To be honest and we have all learned this the hard way, you should have a spare of both with you at all times. Ask me how I know!

 

that has to do with climate. Denver's 85 is OKC's 87. Not sure if it's altitude or prevailing temps, but the same is true of other grades/octane ratings.

 

It's altitude. As air density goes down, so does octane requirements.

 

+1

 

Went for another snowy mountain drive this afternoon.

 

I don't miss that white $hit!

 

More parts. Someone in my VW club had this and sold it to me very cheap. Now I have the "o" in Porsche. I think I'll just swap out the grille for now and go with the gold lettering. How is the 914 emblem held on? Also there are 3 holes for emblems on the back but there is only 2 holes on the 914 emblem. I suppose the other hole is for a "2.O" emblem?

 

They are held on by push clips. If I remember right, they are the same as the ones that hold on the grill lettering. If you stop by a body shop they should have something to help you out.

 

Yep they're all held on with those little round clips covered in rubber- and a major PITA to R&R... I took the letters off mine nearly 40 years ago- looks cleaner without and they obviously didn't come that way in the old country where they were "just" VW-Porsches, not "real" Porsches...

Some 2.0 said that, others just said 914 (and had 2 holes). I'm tempted while restoring the Bahia red '73 to fill in the holes and use double faced tape to hold on the 914, like all the new cars do, though it will be harder to wax around it. (Now I just take the number off when waxing).

 

BTW, still snowing in the higher elevations this time of year??

 

Yep, still snowing up there. I was pretty far up. I went up a road I hadn't been on before so I'm not sure what the elevation is.

Arapahoe Basin is still open for skiing and plans to remain open through June. Probably depends on weather.

It's been between 50's-80's down here in Denver area which is typical in spring. One day its 50's and rain, the next 80's and sunshine.

 

So I found my motor serial number: EC017488

According to the two sites linked by Matt and Mike in the oil thread, I have a '74 1.8 L-Jetronic fuel injected (it now has carbs) that was California only. Is this correct? I found an insurance card in the glove box that dates to 1981 in Colorado. I guess it could have been a California car originally. What's the difference between California cars and rest of US cars?


http://www.tunacan.net/t4/reference/case.htm

http://www.bigporsche.com/history914w.htm