Engine upgrade options Options

[patssle]

I might be interesting in taking out the engine of my car and swapping with something better sometime down the road in the future. Currently it's an old VW bus motor, no horsepower, some ok torque in 1st and 2nd, but nothing after that.

I did some searching, and came across a few threads - but are there any good previous threads or articles out there that touch on each engine option available to upgrade to in the 914? Cost, benefits, pros/cons, etc. I know there was a poll once asking which upgrade to do - but could not find it.

Thanks!

[RJMII]

I bastardized my car (It came to me as a wrecked 76 CA smog car. yuck!)

It cost less than $3k for a Mitsubishi V6, the turbo crap, the MegaSquirt, the radiator, the engine cradle (custom fabbed here in town), exhaust pieces, the adaptor from KEP, 911 SC front suspension, and the Ford EDIS stuff that we pulled off of a mustang. The roughly 300hp came at a cost, I lost both trunks (but will be regaining the back one). The weght is really close to the same as the original engine with all of the engine tin and fuel injection.

I built the car for me, for the grin I get when the boost gauge says "hey stupid, you're about to melt a piston" and my back is involuntarily getting cozy with the seat.

My next one will more than likely stay original; as I will be thinking about what sort of Porsche enthusiast would be taking over the reigns next. (*stay original means hanging onto the aircooled design and getting new parts from someone that has put a lot of research into making the right combinations that work for these cars)