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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. |
DNHunt |
Sep 1 2004, 09:12 AM
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914 Wizard? No way. I got too much to learn. Group: Members Posts: 4,099 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Gig Harbor, WA Member No.: 598 |
I'm really surprised we're being so hard on this guy. We've been very accepting of some pretty over the top mods before. We practically worship what Rick did with his 928 engine. And, GreekDriver's certainly not talking POS machinery. If he can pull it off more power to him.
I suppose he won't get everything he wants though. We are all hampered somewhat by the package as a whole. It's just we are more accepting of it's faults because we really value its strengths . No doubt we that love these cars are able to ignore things that more critical people won't accept. Many of us set about changing the items that we can and for the most part we are satisfied. GreekDriver just seems to want to do it all at once. I think that is where the problems will start. He's going to be undone by the rule we all tend to ignore. Only change one thing at a time. I say good luck and keep us posted. I for one will enjoy see what you can do Dave |
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