I am going LS1. 8 guys, please stop in...., Does anyone want a bunch of 50k mile super nice Type IV l-jet parts &a Options

[ghuff]

Well I have been staring at my 914 for a while, and contemplating options........


The reality has sunk in that I dont want another turbocharged car on standalone fuel injection.

I saw the 2600$ price tag for the renegade hybrids LS1 kit. I am pretty much dead set on dumping a bone stock LS1 longblock into the car with an edelbrock carb manifold and a holley double pumper of some sort and the edelbrock/msd retro kit.

I will convert to a high flow low pressure carb friendly pump and bam, I will never need more power.

If I do, heads and cam will make an easy 450whp.


Are there other options than the renegade hybrids kit? Who out there is using one?

These questions are just a start, I am still wondering about chassis bracing and so forth as I don't feel like tearing my 914 apart after a few hundred miles of fun driving and autocross.

[shoguneagle]

Did this, done that, completed same!!! Made my build such as yours using the Renegade kit. Used 901 trans and do not hammer it from dead stop, you will be ok. Runs like a "raped ape" in a straight line and seems to handle like an older Vette in the corners. Used 911 front everything, modified 911 rear axle/stub/bearing/spacer/etc. Brakes all 911 vented. Everything I build was done before the V-8 conversion was popular and the only thing available was Rod Simpson and first kits from Renegade. Suspensions consisted of Koni Red shocks all four corners, 22 mm sway front, 19 sway rear (stock), 200 # springs rear with adjustable purches, copper radiator with copper pipes to engine, and probably alot more. Kennedy Stage II Kevlar clutch package also used.

Put 300 hundred miles on it and it sat in my garage in Santa Clara, CA for more than fourteen years. I personally did not like like the way it handled in the corners since I had a 1964 Vette which handled the same way. Sold my parts to Andyrew and years later finishing my 911 3.2 Carrera conversion n Flagstaff,, AZ.

The hardest thing was to get the air pockets out of the cooling system. I "burped" to system so many times and still had air. I think eventually I ran a small hose from the highest point on the radiator to the high point in the engine compartment (the filler opening) and that is how I eventually got all the air out.

I think you will enjoy building as well as driving your project. The are a few builders of this type project and you should still be able to do a search. Learn as much as you can from them. Buried around the house I still have my notes.

Anyway, best of luck and enjoy the project and driving.

steve hurt

Believe me, it will move and you will throughly enjoy it. There a lot more and better engineered parts available today so you should have a better selection to eliminate the weaknesses I had in my build.