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

[anthony]

QUOTE (TonyAKAVW @ Dec 20 2005, 04:46 PM)

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?

$5000 buys one a type IV engine that is brand new and ready to install from Jake/McMark. The install would be half a day.

A $5000 Suburu conversion will involve hundreds of hours of fabrication, general figuring out shit, and finally installation.

A more fair comparision would be a $5000 2270 or 2316 kit from Aircooled Technology. You'd get 160-170hp and a first timer would probably put 30-40 hours into building it up.