Calling all 914/6 owners past & present, Need advice Options

[GaroldShaffer]

It's been 3 1/2 LONG years since I sold my beloved 73 914 2.0 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) to help with a down payment on our new house. In two years I will turn 40 and plan to be a 914 owner once again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) .

So starts my quest for knowledge on 914/6's. I have driven many a 914 and plent 911s and feel that a 914/6 is what I want to get. I know two years is long way a way, but I just started my 914 fund, my wife agrees with my two year plan to save and purchase my NEW 914/6.

This car will be my sunny day driver / weekend car with maybe a driver eds event twice a year (never done one before). My questions are what type of issues are seen with a six? I know all about the 914 rust, been there, done that! Is there any reason a conversion car (done right ) is better of worse than and orginal six? What should I look for to make sure a conversion to a six is done correctly. Of course, any 914 that I think I am interested in enough to purchase I will have PPI done. Please help a fellow 914 addict. Thanks - Garold

One more thing, to any six owners (914 owners in general) in the Chicagoland / South Bend IN area I would love to check out your car and talk shop. I live in Portage Indiana, about 40 miles East of Chicago. Thanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

[Steve]

I put a 2.7 in my 914-4 back in 86 and beat the crap out of it until it finally died two years ago. I'm now running a 3.2. I miss the sound of the webers on my 2.7 but I don't miss the weber hassle. The 3.2 is a joke to install in a 914. All the 914-6 tin just bolts on and wiring the stock DME harness into the stock harness is beyond simple. I dumped my relay board and bought a matching connector for the relay board harness plug and just wired it up. It's so bizarre to drive my 914 to work every day and not have to work on it or tune it up every weekend. I'm still in shock. The DME injection is priceless. It has the reliability of a Honda but it drives like a bat out of hell.
I bought my euro 3.2 for $5000 bucks complete from a wrecking yard. The KEP conversion is also cheap. I think it was around $600.00 for the adapter ring and clutch assembly. I'm running the stock 914 gear box. I baby first gear and beat the crap out of 2nd - 5th.
You can pick up a conversion pretty cheap. Keep an eye on the Auto trader magazine, panorama and if you live in Cal. go to the porsche events.
With the 3.6 motor you have to cut the crap out of the 914-6 tin to make it work. It's also a major hassle to turn the fuel injection around so it doesn't hit the trunk.
Getting to the 2nd set of spark plugs under the motor is also a pain.
The 3.2 does not have any of these hassles for half the price of a 993 motor.
The 3.0 is also a great buy but the CIS is not nearly as good as the DME and its a little more work to clear the engine lid release lever.

Steve