Not worth the $$$ .. ?, Building up the T4 VS the extra $$$ & work for a 6cyl |
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Not worth the $$$ .. ?, Building up the T4 VS the extra $$$ & work for a 6cyl |
Beakster |
Aug 8 2018, 10:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 13-August 15 From: Calgary,AB Canada Member No.: 19,055 Region Association: None |
There seems to be an ongoing debate about putting the money into building up a T4 4cyl engine to investing the extra time $$$ and the extra work involved in putting in a 6cyl in a 914 .. These 914's need enough basic restoring just to keep them road worthy then looking to add extra cost in non stock or easy engine swaps .. Every swap that isn't a type 4 seems to be a lot of extra $$$ .... Time....and Big Time WORK .. There are NO easy and affordable swaps on these cars .. (That I have ran into SO FAR ) It is getting harder and More expensive to track down good used parts for 914s especially the 2.0 heads .. Like a member had told me before I got the car Quote : There is no way you can budget in fixing up a 914 you will be always be battling $$$ VS Being satisfied ...
So it's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) I guess ... LOL |
Mark Henry |
Aug 8 2018, 12:50 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
There was a point back several years ago that for similar /4 vs /6 HP expectations you may as well do the /6, but with the price of doing a /6 now it's no longer the case.
You can go balls in with a /4, nickies, etc and still be nowhere near the cost of a stock /6. Like Mark is saying, you could do a healthy /4 for just the cost of the /6 conversion parts and extras. |
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