If you could plan and build a Streetable 914, aka what options go into the ideal build Options

[Jay Wellwood]

Lurker, enthusiast, avid planner looking for what you would (or did) opt for if you had, say, 3 years to plan ahead and build a 914...

• Big 2.2l Raby Style or 6?
• Fuel Injection with optimized tune (MS, VEMS, ?)
• Conversion to 5 lug with later style 4 pot calipers
• Steel flares ('nuff said)
• Transmission - 901 vs 915?
• Factory A/C?

What are the features/performance you would (or did you) opt for?


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Have a narrow, "mild" six conversion with a 2.2 and like it a great deal. A lot of time and miles with this car as well as emotional attachment (I've been driving it since high school) have shaped its build...so major deviations don't feel right to me.

If I was building a 914 from a clean sheet, and we are talking fantasy builds, my ideal 914 street car would likely have GT flares and a 2.5-liter STi engine—built to be as light as possible on the street (1800-1900 pounds or less).