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V-TEC power, what do you think??? |
mattillac |
Dec 15 2004, 01:25 PM
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robots! Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: 27-October 04 From: vallejo,ca Member No.: 3,020 |
anybody heard of a V-TEC conversion for the 914. KEP could probably come up with an adapter if he doesn't have one already. but, will a front drive motor work with a rear drive tranny? does the crankshaft spin in the same direction? anyone hear of any other front drive engine conversions? my 914 deserves more power than i can afford to get out of my type 4 motor. for the cost of nickies and upright cooling and head work, etc. i could have a turbo vtec setup.
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soloracer |
Dec 16 2004, 01:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 793 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Calgary Member No.: 538 |
Brett: I don't know what part of the world you live in but around here I don't know of a single 400 hp honda let alone 600 hp. I would think such a car would be extremely rare and extremely expensive to build. I stand by the claim that bang for the buck a honda engine is NOT the way to go to get big horsepower. As Dave mentioned the factory has done a lot with the engines in stock form and getting any more from them means going forced induction. If you are going forced induction you might as well start with an engine that has more potential. A reliable turbocharged honda engine is expensive to put together in a honda let alone graft into a 914. Any cost savings he might get from his connections will be ate up by the number of modifications he will need to get decent power from his engine. IE: Buy a vtec motor and turbocharge it or just buy a 3sgte? For the vtec motor you will need to buy the turbo, wastegate, manifold, engine management system and probably change the injector sizes for beginners. And then you have all the headaches of tuning and trying to keep the engine from blowing itself up. For the 3sgte you use the stock ecu and turn up the boost a little - maybe change the injectors or increase fuel pressure if needed. Which do you think would be the better choice?
I used to own a Honda Prelude and it was a nice car but only after I bought my 944 turbo did I find out that the Honda was gutless. On top of that the mods that most people "get hooked up with" are things like exhausts, headers, intakes, etc. and these for the most part give only minimal gains. A guy I ran with in Solo 1 found out that the Mugen header on his Type R actually cost him a few hundreths of a second a lap. He did better with the stock system. |
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