Thinking of adding a 912 to the fold, any recommendations? Options

[swood]

I've got a family of 4 and it sure would be nice to take them all when the need to drive a P-car comes up. I figgered a 912 would be a (reasonably) economical way to go. I could put in a hot /4 and away we go.

I see theres about 7 or 8 of em for sale in the recycler pretty cheap. I know, you get what you pay for.

[Dave_Darling]

The 912E used a special version of the 915 gearbox that had a 901 input shaft. I believe it also had unique engine tin. It might have been as simple as Bus tin with 2.0 914 spark plug holes, but it may have been more specialized.

912E-specific parts are rare and $$ in general, since they only made 2099 of them. Some FI parts, exhaust, transmission, engine tin, tranny mounts, etc.

I don't like the E, frankly. The mid-year 911s were galvanized (yay!) but I feel are too heavy. The early 911 chassis can really scoot with with the 90 HP 912 engine under it, while the stock 912E feels much less zippy.

I prefer the SWB (63-68) 911s and 912s; I think the "stance" is better than the later ones. But that is just a "looks" thing. I would be surprised if the rearward weight bias of the 69 911 were better than that of the 68 912--the four-cylinder engine is significantly lighter than the six.

An SWB 912 with a warmed-over 2.2 Type IV would be a very niftly little car! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) An upright cooling conversion would help keep the weight lower, and would move the CG forward a bit which is also nice.

--DD