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)

[Mission Beach]

Hi all:

I spent hours last night looking at the pictures of your cars, 60 pages to go... Very cool site. I just signed up.

I found a little old lady (she is awesome) who had this old Porsche in her garage. A friend of mine sent me to see her. It turned out to be a stock 914-6 that she bought new. Tool kit, owners manual, purchase receipt and every other receipt to current day. I told her I would buy the car if she would leave it covered in her garage for 6 months. It had been sitting in her garage for the past 10 years under a cover, so I figured another 6 months wouldn't bother her. I needed the 6 months to figure out how to tell my wife. I made the deal with the seller before I asked her how much she wanted for the car. It was pretty funny....I was smitten.

The car was orange (signal ?) and absolutely stock.

The old gal went for the deal and I came back 6 months later and bought it. The car has been a blast, and worth every bit of trouble my wife gave me for buying it. I'll send some pics after I figure out how to work my way around the site.

Regards,

Marc