mVÌPVÿÿ>  Did they ever come up with a 'cure' for the engine fires those   
   cars were   
   mVÌPVÿÿ>  prone to having?   
      
      
   Well the magnesium content of the aluminum block was not indigenous to just   
   the 914, I think the 911s and 912s and other sundry assorted VW bus engines   
   shared the same fate.  A friend of mine who lives near Mark in Baldwin Md.   
   came home in his 914 and exited the car when he noticed some smoke.   
   Immediately he knew that he should get his full length leather coat from the   
   passenger seat and walk away because there is nothing you can do to put the   
   fire out.    
      
   I had very good luck with mine. I realized early on that when your points wore   
   down, it sent a false signal to the injectors. There was a second set of   
   sensor points in the distributor that actually timed the injectors in sequence   
   with the ignition points. I found a kit made by MSD that replaced the rotor   
   with a little disc that had a hole in it that would allow an led light to   
   "strobe" through a sensor. It was actually a primative electronic ignition   
   that eliminated the points.  It cost less than $50.00 but once set up   
   correctly, I ran the car as my daily driver for more than 10 years and I know   
   I had over 150k on the original clutch.  The body rusted out before anything   
   else wore out. My favorite car until my 2009 gti.  But the 914 was an absolute   
   go kart. I had it on lower springs and KYB struts. Everything rattled apart as   
   it was like a truck but my God the ramps going on and off the interstate were   
   at warp speed :)   
      
        
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