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subaru engine vs 911 engine |
lfdrumz0929 |
Dec 5 2005, 12:28 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 9-August 04 From: Los Angeles,ca Member No.: 2,491 |
hi I was wondering if you had a choice between the subaru engine and the 911 engine which one would you choose? and why?
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Matt Monson |
Dec 6 2005, 10:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 9-August 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 4,562 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I spent the last few months really grappling with this question. Ultimately, it was a couple of things that made my decision for me. I was strongly influenced by my desire to be able to participate in PCA events. Being in the Porsche business, there was a pretty strong need to be able to go to those events and represent our shop. And then the purist in me took over from there. I decided that I wanted to make my 914 what it should have been from the factory. I realize that I am not going to have as modern or as powerful an engine as the guys doing 3.0, 3.2 or 3.6l conversions. But I am going to go with a 2.4l I just like that engine, and it seems period correct to me.
And this all comes from a die hard Subaru guy. I have a very built 2.5RS as my daily driver. And I have done WRX engine swaps on early Subarus, in addition to a number of different bastard builds of various head and block combinations, both turbo and non-turbo. With half a dozen longblocks in the garage, including an early JDM STi engine, it would be really easy to just drop a Subaru engine into my car. But I am going to have to go the more expensive and purist route and do a 914-6 build... |
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