914 Engine Choices, Will buy 914, if I can build a monster Options

[GreekDriver]

Hello. I'm a BMW fan, sorry guys. But the 914 has to be one of the funnest cars I've ever driven! Other than its transmission feeling like shifting through oatmeal and damn near impossible to get a smoot shift out of... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (This is on all 914s I've driven, even one with a rebuilt transmission)

Well, there's a nice 914 for sale, with minimal rust, original motor, great interior and paint, and low miles. It's a 76 2.0l I believe, in Black. A fella in the neighborhood has had it since 1979 and barely driven it. He's not a car guy, he bought it because it looked nice. It drives nicely, but it lacks power, and the brakes don't impress me.

It's going to need an engine and rebuilding the type iv to its horrible stock form would just piss me off. Alot. I've been looking at engine options and I have no clue on what to do. I want lightweight, EXTREMELY high revving, past 10k RPMs, and over 190hp. So the V8s are out of the question. I've thought about a 2.0l Carrea motor, as those should be able to rev like hell when built. But I haven't really seen much info on them anywhere. Another Idea I had was an S14 engine from the E30 M3(1988 BMW M3), but I have no clue what transmission I'd use and how I'd get it to work... My last idea was to build an M10 up. The M10 was THE I-4 out of the BMW 2002s, E21s, and some E30s. It loves boost, the 1.5l block was doing 1500hp for BMW F1 in the 80s. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I would try to find a way to get it to rev high in N/A form, or boost it. But again, I don't know how I'd get it to work with the 914.

Anyways, just give me some general ideas guys. I'd worry about suspension and brakes later. Oh, and the damn transmission would be going to the yard and I'm going to request to see it crunched, it would make me feel so good.

Thanks! And it's nice to be here! Hopefully I'll get some interesting responses to push me to buy that car.

[GreekDriver]

Oh yeah Mueller - we can race with the ARC - which is a spin off from the Northern California Racing Club. Very lightweight rules structure.

I am doing the Subaru conversion. It should be nice - I've talked about it a lot on here - do some searches. I'll the spare the regulars the pain of listening to me go through it again.

Are you seriously talking about anm M3 engine? A straight 6 in a 914 will either hang out the back of the car or you'll be using it as an arm rest. Even the Porsche V8 requires a firewall move. You will probably get away with an inline 4.

if you want a serious racing machine - lighten one a 914 A LOT and put a Hayabusa engine in it. That will rev to 10k, and give you 175hp and a sequential shift box. They can be bored to 1500ccs, and I imagine you could also look at turbocharging the thing if that wasn't enough.

Just a thought

The original M3 engine was an I-4. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It's really expensive though.

The I-4 I want to use is out of a 2002, E21, or E30. It would have the M3 crank though. Hopefully there will be enough room. I'll have to measure tomorrow...

Now I'm worried about the clutch, where will I find a clutch that can handle over 300hp?

Are there any forced induced 914s I can look at?