914-6 creation with 69 911S motor, Carburetor or 69S MFI? |
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914-6 creation with 69 911S motor, Carburetor or 69S MFI? |
Jett |
Jul 31 2022, 09:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,640 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Seattle Member No.: 17,686 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
We are building a 75 conversion with a freshly rebuilt stock 69S 2.0. I have a set of 914-6 webers that were just rebuilt (jewelry), and the fellow that sold the motor has offered up the injection for it.
I really wanted the sound and stock look of carbs, but my friend said that the injection provides close to 40hp for this motor, and sounds better than carbs?? Any thoughts? |
ClayPerrine |
Aug 1 2022, 06:01 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,501 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
I had (and still have) a 2.4ST motor with MFI on it. I ran it my six conversion for years.
MFI runs great, and sounds tremendous. But unless you have someone to either teach you how to set it up and tune it, or you can pay someone to do it, then it is a bear to keep running correctly. The thermostat on the MFI pump can be setup to work with heat exchangers. I was lucky, I got a set of 916 heat exchangers for mine. but it is simple enough to add the proper pipe to feed hot air to the pump. As for the engine tin, It is not hard to modify it to work with MFI. The only piece you have to modify is the right rear where the pump drive is located. I cut the tin and built a cover out of the 911 cover that worked great. The cold start system is very primitive. It is nicknamed "the firestarter" for good reason. I never hooked it up. So starting the car on really cold mornings was a real process. I kept starting fluid in the car, and I had K&N watershield air cleaners. I would spray a shot of starting fluid under the air cleaners and try to start it. It would cough, sputter, spit and run on 4 cylinders, gradually adding cylinders as it warmed up. Oh.. and a hand throttle is an absolute must when running MFI. You have to use it to hold the throttle open while it warms up. About 10 minutes of letting it warm before trying to drive it. But once it was up and running, it was a blast to drive. Phenomenal throttle response, and the sound would raise the hair on the back of your neck up. It sounds like the 917 in the movie Le Mans at full song. I have a 69 911S MFI pump, and I considered putting MFI on the 4.0L motor. But I wanted a car that I could turn the key and drive, so EFI won out. I do miss the MFI sound and throttle response. There is a video of my car with MFI out on Youtube if you want to hear it. It was wet that day, so I couldn't really open it up. Too much wheel spin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHzPt2H5h0Q |
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