Exploring the options for a friend.
Will a type 1 work?
How about a 6?
I know we can do a type 4.
Anyone do anything different?

JT

put in the motor you have, any of the motors you mention would fit fine. How straightforward a swap does it need to be?

912 engines tend to be really expensive if they break, much the same as a 356 engine. If it were me and I wanted to keep the 4 cylinder idea, I'd put in a 1900 CC Type 1 with a few goodies and it will last for years. I have seen several that have had the 912 top stuff such as sheetmetal on them and they were nearly indistinguishable from original. A bigger bucks option is to go with a six conversion but it'll be as bad as a 914 just about in cost. If the stock engine is okay, keep it.

Anything that fits in a 911 will fit in a 912, the bodyshells are the same. I know of a 912 with a small block Chevy in it, so I think just about anything can be made to fit.

I'd maybe use a Type 4. The swb cars don't like a lot of weight in the ass end. A Type 1 will work (seen it, several times), so long as you pump it up enough.

912E = injected type 4 motor

put a 6 in der teener, put teener motor in 912...

you know a 6cyl 912 is a 911 right?

Do a mild 2056. My friend has a Raby 2056 in his 69 912 and it hauls ass.

That 69's are nice since they are LWB, but the lightweight bodies.







I dig the plate...

Tom

Only the VIN # gives it away...just like the 914.....

More than a few have been done. The early 912 long hoods are getting snapped up for conversions and vintage racers...problem is....they are getting scarce....the 356 guys grab them for the motors and the racers for the bodies. They suffer the same fate as the 914...rust like a MOFO.

tom,

your friend's six inch air filters wont fit?

he still got em?

AA

Aaron, I'll ask for you.

Tom

Shaaaadup... Rust on a 912? In the Midwest?





I hate the rustbelt...

Tom

Tom, Is that the same car that Grant put the T4 in? If so, I didn't know it was that rough to begin with.

I remember the threads from the ShopTalk forums.

Thanks guys
He really wants a classic driver he can work on and as I can build type 1's blind and asleep,
when the 912 engine pukes we will have a real VW engine wainting in the wings.
I think I may even still have a nos turbo for 1835 sitting in the shop somewhere
JT

Yeah, that is Grant's car. I'm just pimping it over here for him. He's still got it and is awaiting to be lit off again. He just did a dry sump setup with a 911 oil tank and a CB Performance oil pump. This should be interesting...

It was rough, but where there was rust is all solid metal now.

Tom

Please, for the love of God - Don't put an 1835 in there. They were ticking time bombs in Bugs, much more so in a heavier 912.

Do a T4 and it'll slip right in AND handle the weight of the 912.

Tom