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On 1 Jul 2005 at 14:08, Park, Keith J (Research) wrote: > I finally got the 2L 914 engine that will go in the 71 Torn down. > Interesting the changes on the next generation design.. solved alot of > problems of the T1 based unit, created a few new ones and yea.. it seems > they leak oil from every seam too. I do like the added full flow, an oil > temp sensor, and whats this under here? and ALTERNATOR? If you have it apart, take this opportunity to make sure that the alternator is in good shape. It's a real SOB to get out once the engine is in the car. > What I have noted > is that even the Porche specific parts, like the heads, all have VW on them Even though there were some parts which were only used in the 914, the whole engine was designed and built by VW. They are all VW parts. What I don't understand is why they bothered to make 2 different versions of some of the parts. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~