??? 912? is that OHC?

QUOTE (Dead Air @ Sep 28 2005, 05:48 PM)

??? 912? is that OHC?

nope..... based on 356 single cam motors....

Sure it can make 150 HP... I have made 165 from a 616 based engine..BUT the power is at a useless RPM- So high that you can only use 1/10 of it even on a track!

What it don't have is torque..... Torque is all that really matters... I bet below 4K RPM a 1300cc TI engine will out perform it.

I'm building a 190 HP 616 for LN Engineering as we speak with modern components, ideas, EFI, direct fire and some super duper heads from Len and a custom cam..

read about it hereLN 1900cc R&D engine

QUOTE (Jake Raby @ Sep 28 2005, 05:05 PM)

I'm building a 190 HP 616 for LN Engineering as we speak with modern components, ideas, EFI, direct fire and some super duper heads from Len and a custom cam..

OK, time for me to start looking for a stock 356 and make a real sleaper-mobile out of it...drool

Think of a 616 engine as a 36 HP VW with hundred horsepower heads. You can get 150-or even 190 HP, but it's a grenade, waiting to self destruct. The bottom end is beyond weak, compared to the T4. The Cap'n

You think 914 parts are expensive!!!

Building a 150 HP 616 engine will cost a bare minimum of 16K! Freakin main bearings are now over 300$ a set!

A ton of 356 owners are buying my TIV engines these days, it drops right in..