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.

[Aaron Cox]

I didn't know I could do that!

I better read the forums more.

Not to be pissy myself, but you need to read the replies you've received on this very subject more. My first post on this subject, the very first reply, mentioned the 3.2 911 engine as a possible swap, since it's commonly done. You immediately dismissed the idea because I mentioned the engine was heavier than the Type IV.

I think some of the defensiveness and unfriendliness you're experiencing is due to the fact that you're dissing the car before you even own one. This tends to rub people the wrong way, and makes you sound a bit like a know-it-all asshole, which rubs even more people the wrong way.

Fitting any I4 engine longitudinally into the 914 is going to be a challenge, IMHO. The Chevy V8 just barely fits, and you have to do things like space the engine back AND move the water pump off to the side to make it work w/o cutting the firewall. The one 928 V8 powered 914 has a heavily modified firewall (but the result looks well worth the effort). The 944 engine is known to not fit w/o serious surgery. There's a lot of width in the engine bay, but not a lot of length. Fitting the turbo and its plumbing probably won't be an issue at all if you can make the engine itself fit. Fitting an intercooler AND providing it with good airflow will be an interesting problem.

Honestly, I think just a stock early M3 engine should be quite enough. Anything over 200hp in a 914 will be tremendous.

very well put (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif)