Most hp and torque you can pull out of a 2.0?, And keep 87 octain and reliability... Options

[DerekKim]

Exactly what the subject says. I'm trying to see how much I can pull out of this 110(correct?) hp car and keep her on 87 and reliable. A friend of mine suggested cams headers and port can get me about 150hp. Doable? 150 would be good for me to get use to the car. Anyone know of companies where I can pick this stuff up or other 911 components or something I can swap in? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Derek

[fiid]

Alright. What would I need for 110. I wanna be able to at least beat out the ricers ya know. I figure I'll spend more than 5k into it. Prettt much everything I get from now for 2 years goes into it. Plus I don't remember if I posted this in here but I will be able to work on my car in class. The shop has welding paint booth and plasma cutter! Also some other things.

914s (excluding 6s, v8s and other hybrids) aren't for beating out ricers in a straight line. Having said that, a 1.7 914 will beat out just about all ricers as soon as you take that freeway offramp (without braking from 80), or a twisty road.

I have passed (not very well driven) corvettes on the racetrack with my 1.7 engine. It's not quite as satisfying as the phenominal kick in the ass you get from a horsepower car, and every mistake costs you a lot more, but the handling really is pretty wicked. It's also easier (read: CHEAPER) to improve the handling of a 914 than it is to add horsepower.

Horsepower means a Raby engine (8k), a six (8k) or a hybrid. Sticking another engine in there varies in cost depending on how much "innovation" you want to do with your welder. Some people (Andyrew) have been able to do amazing things for frighteningly little cash. My conversion (subaru 4) will almost certainly cost less than a raby/six engine but not if I budget in my own time at my client billing rate.

The other problem with hybrids is that there aren't many people about that will want to race you (most bodies don't like hybrids, namely because you can kick their ass, and they don't like that very much. They don't like "those" kinds of cars. They try to keep things "all porsche", irrespective of the fact that the factory never put a 3.6 in a 914.