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.

[airsix]

And some of you people are so unfriendly! I guess even the 2,000 dollar Porsche owners are douchebags... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Here I am wanting a lightweight, tossable, highpowered 914, and SOME of you people act like asses.

Hey Geek. Good to have you join us. I've got tenure so I can say whatever I want and pretty much get away with it, so here goes. New guys around here usually don't start posting right off the bat. They lurk and read and search and then begin posting ever so gradually until they've built up a little acceptance with the group. You kinda 'burst through the doors' with a big entrance. Caught a few peopel off guard. I'm not saying it was wrong - just not what they're used to. Also a lot of people around here are defensive about the TypeIV, so you'll ruffle a few feathers if you imply that the TypeIV is less than magnificent. Like I said - I've got tenure so I can get away with saying it's anemic and sounds like a tractor. Anyway, some people I consider to be friends and generally very nice people have pitched some sh*ty remarks in your direction the past two days and I can only hope they didn't mean them to sound as bad as they did. Make some jokes. Hang around and get to know us. Pretty soon you'll find your place among us. This group is a community much more than most other BBS's you may have been to. A large percentage of the posters here have known each other for years. Even decades. When you barge in with a bunch of loud talk... well you know. So hang around a while and you'll be integrated if you'll give it a chance. Get a 914 and start posting your conversion project pictures and you'll win the crowd over in a hurry (extra points for doing your own fabrication work).

-Ben M. (on my way out to the shop to work on my "exhaust restrictor" project. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )