'Tall' 901 ... WOW !, ... what a difference Options

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After almost 20 years of driving ( including burn-outs, etc. ), my 914-V8 ( 327 ) with a bone stock 901, finally gave out.

Have a 77 ( short ) 930 with LSD that had been set aside as a replacement but, after careful consideration, I decided to try a ‘tall’ 901 … flipped ‘H’ into 5th, old 5th into 4th and old 4th into 3rd.

WOW … I am SO impressed, I had to share ...

Still have the off-the-line pump using the same old 2nd ( since it's fixed on the shaft ) and the ratios going up are very smooth and then I get into 5th where the tach runs around 2600 - 2800 on the highway. Makes highway driving a pleasure again !

If you have a conversion, the next time you have to go into the box, try this ‘tall’ conversion – you will NOT regret it.

BTW … the old box, it turns out, didn’t really fail … I use a 911 pull type 225mm clutch and the bolt holding the clutch fork backed out. Bottom line is I’m still very, very strong on the trusty old 901 and will state that even more strongly in my book, the 914-V8 Conversion Reference Manual.