forced induction question, forced induction question Options

[ModPR3]

i have a question that many of you will probably hate me for but im curious of what you have to say. im questioning about a nitrous oxide system on a 914. before you all just label me as the street racer that has scene that stupid movie fast and the furious too many times, please hear me out because im not. first of all i dont agree with street racing, second i know alot about nitrous oxide not just the word NOS and a button on the steering wheel, but my knowledge ends with water cooled engines not air-cooled. nitrous can be a very safe and smart power adder if used properly. first of all i bought my 914 for its handling characteristics not as a drag car so dont get me wrong, but i think i could have some fun with it at the drag track on a occasional weekend. my question is can a built motor and nitrous system be run on a 914 with respect to two things. 1. exhaust system. 2. transaxle strength. as for the first question. can nitrous be run on a built motor with the tangerine headers with heat exchangers without cracking the header and leaking deadly carbon dioxide into the heating system and cabin. as known nitrous heats things up very quickly and for a short period of time during its activation and creates alot of extra exhaust gasses. so i was wondering how it worked on air-cooled engines and there headers. i plan on running between a 50-75 hp shot of nitrous but im not willing to risk it if it could crack the header and leak into heat exchanger and the heating system. as for the second question. if im running an engine that puts out around 160 hp without nitrous oxide will the transaxle be able to take the sudden jolt of 50-75 hp or will this just break things. thanks for the help again.

[Mueller]

QUOTE (ModPR3 @ Feb 8 2006, 04:42 PM)

turbo for less 1k im very interested in this. i would rather turbo than use nitrous, i was just under the impression that you lost your heating system with a turbo, it was very expensive and un reliable. can you have a turbo and a heater in a 914. i know the 930 pulled it off. i dont want to ask you guys a bunch of questions that have already been asked and answered so im going to do some searches on here and google but if there are any 914 turbo links or info you can give me that would be great. Just so you all know i have no welding skills so i would have to have someone do the fabrication for me but if could turbo my current engine now for even under 3k that would be great. i would then plan to build a motor just for turbo purposes and i would probably be able to spend around 5k for that including all fuel systems. my origional plan was to to a 3.0 914-6 conversion and i was looking at over 10k for that so getting away with a turbo 914 for 8k would be even better.

do a search for "turbo" here, quite a few threads and one not too long ago showing pictures from a kit that a member used to sell years ago....

currently no new kits*, everything would have to be fabbed on way or another........there are a few CIS injected turbo 914's (4's and 6's) , a few d-jet based cars and a few aftermarket fuel injected cars as well

mueller's turbo thread...(not much progress in the last few months)

*Jake is comming out with kit and for 8K, that might get you everything needed including the engine...not too sure, he is a few months away from releasing it to the public from what I understand....

Andy, a company called RPM(?) installed a supercharger on a 1.8 years ago, no idea if they made a kit, only saw the article in VW & Porsche mag.