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> 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
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post Dec 19 2009, 12:29 AM
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This is certainly not what I expected down here.
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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.
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post Dec 19 2009, 06:21 PM
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Honestly... I'd buy a C5 Corvette and be driving it immediately rather than spending the time and effort on a conversion.
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Honestly... I'd buy a C5 Corvette and be driving it immediately rather than spending the time and effort on a conversion.


Wow, that completely bypasses everything I love about the idea of a v8 914. With its mid-engine configuration, lighter weight, and everything else dialed in, the 914 is not even close to being the same. I don't want just another vette or other common muscle car. A v8 914 is a unique sleeper.

Ahhh, sleepers... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
"Hey look dear, it's an old 914... I hear they came with vw motors. Hahah." Then it rips off like a muscle car. Yet handles better.
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ghuff   I am going LS1. 8 guys, please stop in....   Dec 19 2009, 12:29 AM
messix   :Qarl: just throw the cam in it any way, your gon...   Dec 19 2009, 12:41 AM
ghuff   :Qarl: just throw the cam in it any way, your go...   Dec 19 2009, 12:49 AM
messix   :Qarl: just throw the cam in it any way, your g...   Dec 19 2009, 12:52 AM
computers4kids   : But I want to keep the motor install minimal...   Dec 19 2009, 08:14 AM
ghuff   [quote name='ghuff' post='1252648' date='Dec 18 2...   Dec 19 2009, 08:32 AM
computers4kids   Sorry, but I have to disagree some. 300hp is more...   Dec 20 2009, 10:18 AM
Vacca Rabite   Why would you put in an LS1, but then carb it? Th...   Dec 19 2009, 11:15 AM
ghuff   Why would you put in an LS1, but then carb it? T...   Dec 19 2009, 11:44 AM
kg6dxn   Why would you put in an LS1, but then carb it? T...   Dec 19 2009, 01:34 PM
zymurgist   NASCAR fan?   Dec 19 2009, 11:27 AM
shoguneagle   Did this, done that, completed same!!...   Dec 19 2009, 11:27 AM
byndbad914   consider going the 5.3 route as well for real budg...   Dec 19 2009, 02:26 PM
ghuff   consider going the 5.3 route as well for real bud...   Dec 19 2009, 06:15 PM
BIGKAT_83   Pretty easy to do the 914 LSX conversion, Meziere ...   Dec 19 2009, 06:18 PM
ghuff   Pretty easy to do the 914 LSX conversion, Meziere...   Dec 20 2009, 10:30 AM
zymurgist   Honestly... I'd buy a C5 Corvette and be drivi...   Dec 19 2009, 06:21 PM
Rand   Honestly... I'd buy a C5 Corvette and be driv...   Dec 21 2009, 08:40 PM
ghuff   Honestly... I'd buy a C5 Corvette and be dri...   Dec 27 2009, 09:38 PM
jimkelly   914 + big power = street fun fat tires and flairs...   Dec 20 2009, 07:00 AM
ghuff   914 + big power = street fun fat tires and flair...   Dec 20 2009, 09:16 AM
charliew   The adapter clutch and flywheel come from Kennedy ...   Dec 20 2009, 11:03 AM
jimkelly   a 5.3 thread http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/sh...   Dec 21 2009, 03:25 PM
RJMII   isn't the 996 Transaxle the same bolt pattern/...   Dec 21 2009, 07:52 PM
RJMII   Boxster S 6 speed: 996 transmission: The...   Dec 21 2009, 07:56 PM
andys   It would be good to know if the bolt patterns are ...   Dec 27 2009, 11:21 PM
RJMII   I confirmed it with Brad and Jake. =o) the Boxster...   Dec 28 2009, 12:45 PM
ghuff   I confirmed it with Brad and Jake. =o) the Boxste...   Dec 28 2009, 01:20 PM
RJMII   From what I've read (mostly in some of Jake...   Dec 28 2009, 04:51 PM
pjhaun   front.   Jan 13 2010, 08:08 PM
Andyrew   If you want a carbed SBC buy a carbed SBC, not an ...   Jan 13 2010, 11:40 PM


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