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[joef]

Hi

Im new to forums. Hopefully I do this one right

I acquired a 1970 914 1.7 FI from a good friend that passed away last year.

Its a bit rough! It sat from 2005, some of the time was in a garage and the rest outside.
Looking to have the motor rebuilt and wanted to hear from others on where to go. I prefer to stay in California but would consider outside of California

Id like to have 170-180 HP, and it be a turnkey motor

Thanks
Joe

[Cairo94507]

Sorry about the passing of your friend. Congratulations of the new 914. Others have commented on, and I want to strongly recommend that you evaluate the entire car before you jump into a high HP engine build. Look for chassis rust and address all of that first. Get your brakes, fuel and electrical systems all up to speed so they are safe and reliable. The engine rebuild will be the easy part since you are out-sourcing the job. Have the chassis all ready to accept the rebuilt engine when the time comes. You will be much happier in the end.

Finally, read a ton of threads re taking the Type 4 engines out to that kind of power. I personally believe, depending upon what your intended use is, that a nice 2056 build with stock FI is the best approach for upgrading the 4 cylinder cars - unless you go all in and do a 6 conversion (add $10-15K to the build).

Mostly, develop a plan and stick to it. Way to many builds get started and then abandoned and sold off as the scope of the project was not fully realized until it go under way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)

[forrestkhaag]

Sorry about the passing of your friend. Congratulations of the new 914. Others have commented on, and I want to strongly recommend that you evaluate the entire car before you jump into a high HP engine build. Look for chassis rust and address all of that first. Get your brakes, fuel and electrical systems all up to speed so they are safe and reliable. The engine rebuild will be the easy part since you are out-sourcing the job. Have the chassis all ready to accept the rebuilt engine when the time comes. You will be much happier in the end.

Finally, read a ton of threads re taking the Type 4 engines out to that kind of power. I personally believe, depending upon what your intended use is, that a nice 2056 build with stock FI is the best approach for upgrading the 4 cylinder cars - unless you go all in and do a 6 conversion (add $10-15K to the build).

Mostly, develop a plan and stick to it. Way to many builds get started and then abandoned and sold off as the scope of the project was not fully realized until it go under way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png)

Agree with the plan and sticking to it.

For Type 4, I would not consider undertaking a rebuild without having a discussing with Jorge at European Motorwerks per Larmo63's note. His (,....not Larmo's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) ) work is reliable, warranteed, on time, and very competitive / certainly not 7 grand.

Good Luck