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| tygaboy |
 Jul 12 2020, 08:34 AM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 5,298 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Petaluma, CA Member No.: 19,241 Region Association: Northern California 
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Stock. The only reason I did an LS conversion on mine is that my '75 was a badly rusted/accident damaged roller when I got it.
You have other high HP cars that are far better suited to having that much power in the first place! Treat yourself to something unique and different! |
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| Tdskip |
Jul 12 2020, 08:37 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,686 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Jul 12 2020, 08:53 AM)  Your car. Do what you want. My vote: put it back together as a 914/4 or a /6. Ditch the LS motor. Real Porsche's are air cooled. Never driven at 928, eh? |
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| Superhawk996 |
Jul 12 2020, 08:40 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,866 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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QUOTE(Tdskip @ Jul 12 2020, 10:37 AM) QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Jul 12 2020, 08:53 AM) Your car. Do what you want. My vote: put it back together as a 914/4 or a /6. Ditch the LS motor. Real Porsche's are air cooled. Never driven at 928, eh? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) |
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| 76-914 |
Jul 12 2020, 10:18 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,505 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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My advice is not to take anyone else's advice but rather follow your own feelings. It was once said that "No man who follows his own genius is ever led astray"! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| Mikey914 |
Jul 12 2020, 10:36 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,671 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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My .02 stockish. 2056 will give you enough pep to enjoy. Our cars excell in corners. The extra HP is nice, but maybe put a down on a new vette.
Hate to say it but it's really become what these cars would have evolved into if they kept making 914s. In the end you probably already have an idea of how you want to go on this. |
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| Type 47 |
Jul 12 2020, 02:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 783 Joined: 1-June 10 From: St. Louis, MO Member No.: 11,790 Region Association: None
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I know it's my car and I'm going to do with it what I want to but sometimes figuring that out requires input and everyone here has given me some great input.
I would love to drop that LS1 in but I know that is going to be expensive (to end up where I would want it to be) and labor and time intense to get it finished. Hell I've got a big task ahead of me just getting it back together. I don't mind a little surgery in the front trunk but cutting the firewall and rear trunk may be a little more than I can allow. I'm really leaning towards keeping it stock after reading all of your posts. NOW MY NEXT QUESTION...what's the best route to put a 2056 in it? What is a 2056 exactly? The engine from the car is a 62k mile 1975 2.0 that the PO encountered some FI issues back in the day (we all pulled them off as soon as we couldn't figure out which part of the FI was bad) and put dual Webbers on. I do have the FI components in a box somewhere, I think the Webbers are in my garage attic. |
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| Superhawk996 |
Jul 12 2020, 04:07 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,866 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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2056cc engine is a 2.0L crank 71mm stroke and 96mm pistons instead of the stock 94mm.
96mm pistons are an easy upgrade that doesn't require extensive case machine work that will be required to go larger than 96mm pistons. 2056 is pretty much largest that stock FI will handle easily so it is favored from that aspect. If you're going to Webers you can also play with the cam. Stock FI really only likes stock cam or very mild deviation from stock. |
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| Carbon-14 |
Jul 12 2020, 04:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 765 Joined: 7-May 20 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 24,238 Region Association: Canada |
 https://www.enginelabs.com/news/fcas-pentas...ines-in-may-15/ https://moparinsiders.com/3-6-liter-pentast...-year-in-a-row/ A pair of small turbos to boost the top end, all the bells and whistles. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
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| CBee |
Jul 13 2020, 11:30 AM
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G Force Junkie Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 17-June 18 From: AVL,NC Member No.: 22,232 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(tygaboy @ Jul 12 2020, 08:34 AM) Stock. The only reason I did an LS conversion on mine is that my '75 was a badly rusted/accident damaged roller when I got it. You have other high HP cars that are far better suited to having that much power in the first place! Treat yourself to something unique and different! I agree with Chris. My current car was chosen for major modifications ( Subaru motor and gearbox etc.) because it is a rusty pig and anything I do to it is an improvement. My last one, which I regret selling, looks very similar to yours. Orange with the same ATS wheels ,stock 2.0 with some suspension and gearbox mods. That car is nice enough it wouldn't have been a smart decision to modify in the way I want to build this one. I think you've already passed that fork in the road. Clark |
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 13 2020, 02:04 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,326 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Others have already said it, keep it stock-ish. A nice 2L or 2056 with FI is a wonderful engine.
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| yellowporky |
Jul 13 2020, 07:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 427 Joined: 18-October 09 From: Martinez, Ca. Member No.: 10,948 Region Association: Northern California |
You describe exactly what my low mileage 73 1.7 was. 68k and converted to carbs and light front left and right rear damage but done decent but not concourse as the car was not worth much when it happened in the early 80's.
I did all of the reasonable upgrades to the fuel, brakes, suspension, rebuilt 1.7 and trans. I did source all FI sensors nos and had all the other parts rebuilt. These minor upgrades really make the car feel great and i definitely smile more driving this than my 08 C4S or my wifes 11 boxster spyder. The tangerine firewall bushing and 914 werke bronze rear bushing really make the shifting definitive and the Rebel racing suspension bushing instead of rubber are so nice. So i vote for mostly stock and fuel injected 2.0 |
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