High output Type IV or Subaru Options

[TonyAKAVW]

There has been a lot of talk recently about affordable engine upgrades for the 914, namely larger displacement Type IV engines and Subaru conversions.

It looks as though a Type IV with 125 HP will cost about $5000 to do. It also looks like a Subaru conversion, using the Renegade kit (or a DIY conversion) will run somewhere around the same price for 165-180 HP (or more with a turbo engine).

So the poll question is if you had $5000 to spend on an upgrade for your 914, would you rather have a Type IV or a Subaru conversion?

As far as I know, no one yet offers a complete drop-in solution for the Subaru conversion, whereas a Type IV can be purchased and dropped in with little effort.

-Tony

[Brett W]

I am well aware of what these motors make in stock. The numbers I am referring to are far from stock. Will you get these motors for the listed 5K? NO, but the potential to do this is there, where the stock T4 can't even come close.

Therare motors out there making big power, are they cheap, no. I know hondas that are driven on the street making 600+. Are they daily driven like that, No they turn the boost down and run them in the four hundred range. HP cost money whether it is NA or Turbo. I know NA hondas making 250 at the wheels froma 1.8 litre engine, I have seen 2.0s making 300 at the flywheel. Yes they are expensive but they are street trim motors. And street cars.

Sub'ys can make that kind of power. I can get 400 on a stock motor with upgrades in turbo and fuel management.