i'm really getting the itch to toss a sbc in the snow flake. i've been day dreaming of some things to do that haven't been done in a 914 and the sound of a 3" stroke mill is really calling out to me. i'm thinking a alloy head 300 - 327 ish and running around 450 - 500 hp [ some of the hp estimators are pretty optimistic giving me 550-600hp]. the thought of needing a 930 box is whats really smacking back to reality. but that siren of a 8k rpm small block is really sexy.

but then today was such a nice 914 day i came close to thowing it back together enough to make it street legal and go for a drive.

get er back togather!! and get it on the damn road...quit dreaming , get wrenching, and git'er done

Of course, you'll need 180° headers on that lump...

kinda sumthun like that!

it's body work, sheet metal. and i hate bondo, so i'm trying to get it all to where a skim coat will do it.

come get your hood

You might do a search on the audi/boxter trannys for a alternative to the 930. Also 400hp in a high winding 302 or 327 is a lot more believeable on a moderate 5k motor budget that will be reliable.

Dirk Wright

Bah, if'n your itch'n ta be drivin', don't be addin' no more projects! Plus, who wants 500 hp in a 914.

I was watching Two Guys Garage (I know, Lame-O! ) on Sunday while waiting for the Indy 500 broadcast and they showed some V-8 headers that were very compact and configured 4-2-1 for each bank of cylinders. Anybody familiar with these? Just in case I want to get a V-8.

4-2-1 headers are also referred to as Tri-Y headers. Whereas 180 degree crossover headers are the perfect solution for a small block Chevy and Fords with similar "firing problem", the Tri-Y headers are an attempt to obtain a better result than what 4-1 headers presents.

A set of 180 degree crossover headers are either going to cost you a fortune, demand many hours of yout time if making them yourself, or be really hard to fit in your 914. I have a set from Schoenfeld in my 914 on a 283 small block. One collector pointed straight into the transmission mount, so I just decided to cut the whole trunk and transmission cross mount out and weld in tubes for rigidity and to hang the transmission from. I'm running dual 3.5" pipe into small 8" long Schoenfeld race "mufflers". It sounded great but was loud and would attract more attention from the B/W than I was comfortable with, so I just welded a couple of Supertraps on with all 12 discs in each, much better and still almost open exhaust.

one idea for the exhaust was to take a set of headers and cut them up to get the kind of set up i want. i'll have to do some more reading.
i'm planing on keeping it a narrow body, and to keep as much of the trunks intact as possible. some tube work will have to be done.
i should just locate a flared roller for this project....... oh Greenie!

Hey Troy I like the dream, but...
right now a 1.7 is faster then your car.... I think my kid on his bike is too. hmmm. You have a few guys within spitting distance of your house to get it all sorted out. Then grennie can come direct you on how to finish up the detials. You need three things:
1. name a time
2. name a place
3. provide the beverages

So, get er done!

WTF ? man up

the car was named by my duaghter, she has named them all, the truck is named clifford the big red truck.

Well, he is pretty flakey.

maybe we'll have to set up a cut and patch day at rich's with jeff doing the surgery on the fender and sail. i was trying to save the fender, but the damage goes to far down behind the bumper and the head light bucket. the wheel wells are looking pretty good.

maybe he can add fierce to it... Fierce snow flake....

just giving you crap. but, you better hurry up. your daughter will be driving before you are done....

OK play the daughter card Agian, As long as you put "ice man" on your helmet.
I cannot perform any surgery Untill the pumkin gets hips.

hey hey now .....i remember not long ago that i was running around in snow flake while your car was ........ in pieces.... not once but ......?!

why?

Pumpkin 5 is alive! The wife says the car needs curves and hips.