First post , First 914-8, Saying hello Options

[Sean_S]

Hello All !

My name is Sean and I've been lurking here for a few hours and figured I'd best register since I just purchased my first 914 V8 conversion.

I live in Coos Bay Oregon as a Los Angeles escapee.

In my former life I was a machinery dealer and thankfully this has provided me with a full machine shop (kept the cream for myself). Hopefully this will help with that trials of owning this conversion.

I also have a custom Lotus Esprit S1 and a Toyota FJ-40. I've owned and converted several FJ's to V8's so I'm comfortable with tweaking and re-tweaking. I may at some point convert the Lotus, but the engine is fresh so it will wait.

In any case, here is a photo of the 914 conversion. I haven't gotten into it yet, but basically it's a 5.0 EFI conversion...let me know what you think?

Also, I am interested in hearing from the V8 guys (and gals) about the performance of their cars and any 91(8) advice that a newbie must know.

All the Best
Sean

(IMG:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/twomarbles/914/DSC00714.jpg)

[Mueller]

Hi Sean....

stock 914 transmisson has a weak 1st gear due to the design, it is not supported on both sides....it can be used with a V8 with out a doubt, however, people lock out 1st or try not to use it more so as a preventitive measure (stall car, get pissed off and dump the clutch...who knows??)

1st gear is very low, in fact even with a stock /4 motor, once in a while I'll start off in 2nd gear since one is not in 1st gear for very long...with a V8, you don't need the low 1st gear to get rolling, but it would be nice to have for sitting in traffic/getting onto a trailer, etc, etc....drive a stock /4 and you'll see how low is (damn near like driving a big rig, 1st is used just to get the vehicle moving)

If you have a V8 with the RPM range than matches or betters (higher rpm) than a six, the 915 would be perfect, however, most V8's are not high rpm motors...it sounds like you want to build a high RPM motor...I like that idea (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Then you have the 930 @ 700hp...which is really no longer a streetable car of any fashion. It couldn't be a driver's car at this point....unless you are a kevlar and halon driver

...you are totally missing the point of using this transmission..if it can handle 750hp, then using this transmission behind a 400hp or so engine should be worry free...sure it might be overkill, but to some people its piece-of-mind knowing that they can beat the living daylights out of thier car and the transmission should be the last thing to give up the ghost.