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914 Engine Choices, Will buy 914, if I can build a monster |
GreekDriver |
Aug 31 2004, 07:13 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 31-August 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 2,669 |
Hello. I'm a BMW fan, sorry guys. But the 914 has to be one of the funnest cars I've ever driven! Other than its transmission feeling like shifting through oatmeal and damn near impossible to get a smoot shift out of... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (This is on all 914s I've driven, even one with a rebuilt transmission)
Well, there's a nice 914 for sale, with minimal rust, original motor, great interior and paint, and low miles. It's a 76 2.0l I believe, in Black. A fella in the neighborhood has had it since 1979 and barely driven it. He's not a car guy, he bought it because it looked nice. It drives nicely, but it lacks power, and the brakes don't impress me. It's going to need an engine and rebuilding the type iv to its horrible stock form would just piss me off. Alot. I've been looking at engine options and I have no clue on what to do. I want lightweight, EXTREMELY high revving, past 10k RPMs, and over 190hp. So the V8s are out of the question. I've thought about a 2.0l Carrea motor, as those should be able to rev like hell when built. But I haven't really seen much info on them anywhere. Another Idea I had was an S14 engine from the E30 M3(1988 BMW M3), but I have no clue what transmission I'd use and how I'd get it to work... My last idea was to build an M10 up. The M10 was THE I-4 out of the BMW 2002s, E21s, and some E30s. It loves boost, the 1.5l block was doing 1500hp for BMW F1 in the 80s. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I would try to find a way to get it to rev high in N/A form, or boost it. But again, I don't know how I'd get it to work with the 914. Anyways, just give me some general ideas guys. I'd worry about suspension and brakes later. Oh, and the damn transmission would be going to the yard and I'm going to request to see it crunched, it would make me feel so good. Thanks! And it's nice to be here! Hopefully I'll get some interesting responses to push me to buy that car. |
SirAndy |
Aug 31 2004, 10:23 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,669 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(GreekDriver @ Aug 31 2004, 07:36 PM) I want an extremely rev-happy motor simply because of the sound. ok, here's some educational brain-excrement about high-rev-motors ... unless you're talking about building a real racecar, a engine that revs into the 10k range will not be very useable. basically, what you do by building such a engine is, simply put, to move the useable power band up into the higher rpm's. the reason you do this for a race car is, also simply put, the fact that you usually don't run under, let's say 4k rpm on a open track, so power below that threshold is wasted. thus, you build a motor that revs up to 10k but it won't make *any* power below 5k what-so-ever! now, suppose you got a motor like that and also suppose you drive the car daily on the road, do you have any idea what that will do to you while you're sitting in that traffic jam called morning commute? a motor like that will not be drivable on the street if the car is used as a normal driver. period. for mostly street application and AX, you want low end torque. lots of it. and you ain't gonna get it from a high-rev motor. as for the sound, just record your girlfriends sewing machine, pump up the volume by 10x and play it on 45 ... (wait, they don't make those anymore!) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Andy |
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