Re: [T3] 2.0 litre Porsche wheels

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 31 Mar 00, at 10:13, Carrie Elm wrote:

> Actually, the 2.0 litre Porsches came with 5 lug 911 wheels, which the 1.7 
> Porsches did not.

Okay, you seem pretty convinced, so I figured that I may not have 
remembered this quite right. OTOH, the microfilm is right here. All I 
lack is a good microfilm reader, so I was forced to squint through a 
lens and with the help of a bright light I can just barely read the  
914 microfilm.

What I found was that it shows 5 bolt wheels and rotors for the 
914/6 cars (which happen to be 2 L.)  But it calls out the same 4 
bolt rotors for all sizes (1.7, 1.8, 2.0 L) of the 914/4. The 914/6 was 
only made for 2 years, 70-1.

The microfilm shows both 4-bolt and 5-bolt versions of the 914 alloy 
wheels as well as a couple of styles of steel wheels. Again with the 
5-bolt versions only for the 914/6.

If you have a 72 914 2.0, then it must be a 914/4 and should have 
come with 4 bolt wheels. I suppost it is possible that some of the 
first (early 72) 914/4 2.0 cars might have come with the 5 bolt 
wheels, but I think it more likely that they were changed by some 
later owner to make it look like a 914/6.

Another possibility is that you really do have a 914/6 which would 
mean that it is actually a 70 or 71. What is the third digit of the 
VIN?

All of this is reassuring to me, because I worked on several of 
these and was sure that I remembered that they were 4-bolt. It 
appears that that was correct, but I am grateful to have learned that 
the 6 cyl was different. I've never worked on one of those.

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054

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