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.

[zymurgist]

Honestly... I'd buy a C5 Corvette and be driving it immediately rather than spending the time and effort on a conversion.

[Rand]

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.

[ghuff]

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.

This is exactly the goal. And I am going to have to stay with an LS1, as it seems to be the cheapest option of staying aluminum block which is a foundational requirement of mine.

No offense to other(iron) v8 guys, but I just want to start by keeping the weight down as much as possible.