914-6 Project, My project car Options

[RaymondD]

Hi Folks,

I have a 1970 914-6 that I will be restoring soon. It's a really nice car, straight body, and has never been wrecked. The 2.0 motor is long gone. Presently its got a 2.4 liter 911 E motor that hasn't run in decades though I was able to get the engine to fire about 6 months ago. My plan is to put a 3.2 liter Carrera motor in the car. I am looking for recommendations on whether its worth it to go twin plug, swap the EFI for carbs, or even PMO throttle bodies. I am keeping the 901 tranny and am aware that I will need to get a converted flywheel to mate the tranny and bigger motor.

[Mark Henry]

A lot depends on wallet size (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

They all cost about the same to rebuild, so many say start with the best core you can find. Likely the 2.4 core will go a fair ways to paying for the core you want.
3.0-3.2 have aluminum cases which is a lot stronger than the 2.0-2.7 mag cases.
Also if you have a healthy budget there's 3.6 new cases going to be available soon from a member here, and he's even talking about new aluminum 2.7 cases, but those may be a couple years off.

3.0 is the borderline for 40mm webers, after that I'd go PMO 46mm.
Aftermarket FI gets spendy fast, the PMO TB's are nice but a few have used motorcycle TB's

So many ways to skin this cat, my advice is to take your time and do a lot of research on your engine options.