Can it be done? Has anyone done that conversion.

OMG those motors are STRONG! 4500 to 8500 RPM is loaded with torque. It would scream in a 914. So would the driver.

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WELCOME to 914 world.

thanks

as we've seen here many times... anything can be done... my first thought of concern is for the tranny tho... dunno if the 901 can handle it.... maybe not the 915, I dunno.... it's different than putting a big /6 or a v8 chebbie... lots of revs. should be very interesting.

welcome to the board!

Does it rotate the right way?

IIRC the S2000 does rotate the correct way, unlike their FWD civic motors...

Lemme see...

When the clutch is engaged, the motor spins the tranny shaft at the exact same speed.....

Ya really want to hammer power to a 30+ year old transmisson designed to spin at about half that speed with NLA bearings and a problematical intermediate plate?????? Balance of driven components is gonna be critical...

Did I mention the CV joints moving at 2X velocity????

That engine is probably a gutless wonder at low speeds.....

Yes, I do.

Not "probably"... It is. The S2000 is an awesome car, with a fantastic motor, but you have to wind the p*ss out of it to really get it going. The transmission would be a weak link for sure...

-Josh2

And as far as the 901 handling the engine... the engine doesn't make a lot of torque, so I don't think it would be a big deal.

But it turns at nearly twice the RPMs that the 914 901 was built to handle.

Zach

which was my point... even 915 trannys didn't have to deal with the same kind of rpms

The early 911, which the 901 transmission was developed for, spun 7K RPM. You're only adding another 2K to that.

IIRC, the length of the S2K motor makes the conversion about as impractical as the 928 engine.

...Which would you rather have, an S2K motor'ed 914 or a replica of the Alien?

--DD