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.

[Mueller]

I only paid $800 for my 914 so piss off, LOL

what the hell do you expect?

a group hug??

you asked for advice/opinions.....you start off blasting the shifting qualities or lack of on the 914, then you criticize the stock type IV motor and give us a history lesson on why BMW engines are so superior....it's like me going to your house and telling you how f'd up your place is and that I've slept in nicer Motel 6's.....I'm all for an interesting engine swap, hell, anyone would love to have an 180 lb motor that is capable of producing 300 or more HP, but with what you've written, I don’t think you have the mechanical skill or knowledge to pull it off...who knows you might prove me wrong and build something nicer than I have (which isn't very hard to do right now, LOL)....

I don't know how I'd get it to work with the 914.

...well, you "could" bolt it up the stock transmission...oh wait, no you can't, cause you are going to throw it away......

Ben, I've seen the Chrysler 4 cylinder turbo motor in a 914 (bolted up to the 901), and I'm pretty sure he didn't cut the firewall.....looking at some pictures, the M10 motor looks tiny and should fit in much easier than my VR6 motor

spend more money on a clean chassis, doing rust repair work sucks