9A1 Swap Into 914!
05-23-2020, 01:39 AM
#16
I sold my 914 after 15 years owning a completely stock 4. From the sale I bought my 06 CS for the price of an air cooled six in the 914....just the engine build.
You are better off with a used Subie transplant and keep the 9A1 in a Cayman.
i do miss the 914 though once and a while.
You are better off with a used Subie transplant and keep the 9A1 in a Cayman.
i do miss the 914 though once and a while.
05-23-2020, 08:28 AM
#17
I sold my 914 after 15 years owning a completely stock 4. From the sale I bought my 06 CS for the price of an air cooled six in the 914....just the engine build.
You are better off with a used Subie transplant and keep the 9A1 in a Cayman.
i do miss the 914 though once and a while.
You are better off with a used Subie transplant and keep the 9A1 in a Cayman.
i do miss the 914 though once and a while.
05-23-2020, 07:16 PM
#18
Yeah, I can't argue the simplicity of a 993 3.6 aircooled swap. That would certainly be the easiest way to get close to this level of performance. The issue I have with the 3.6l conversions is the crazy cost associated with them. I could pretty easily pick up an entire 987.2 or 981 donor car for the price of just the 3.6l engine from a 993. That doesn't include any costs to freshen it up or rebuild it. That doesn't include the 914-6 Oil tank, a 915 or G50 transmission conversion (because the 901 isn't going to be happy behind a 3.6l for long), or any of the other conversion parts required for that swap. While the 3.6l conversion isn't complicated, I think its many times more expensive than what I'm looking at for the 9A1 conversion. I realize that there are probably lots of things that I've not considered for the 9A1 swap (hence why I'm here posting) but I think it has a real possibility to provide an awesome, modern powertrain with power levels at or above that of the best NA aircooleds out there AND at a price much lower than one of the big aircooled conversions. Yes, I could also stuff an LS V8 in the back but that goes against my inner purist who tells me that I need to keep this thing Porsche powered. 
Cheers,
DJM
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05-23-2020, 10:52 PM
#19
Ok, so I get your reasoning and I definitely understand the desire to keep the drive train Porsche. I'd actually suggest you consider for 2.9l 9A1 as the donor; it will make plenty of power -- 265hp?. The 2.9 is not DI and has somewhat simpler electronics; in any case, you will still need the dash module. In the same vein of keeping things simple: have you considered a M96/7? Since you'd have it out for the swap addressing the IMS would be a simple matter. Electrics on the M96/7 are even more straight forward than the 2.9 9A1.
Cheers,
DJM
Cheers,
DJM
I have also thought about the M96/7 engines but just feel that the whole IMS issue isn't something that I want hanging over this build. I already worry about the M97 weaknesses with my 06 CS and would like to move on to a 9A1 if possible in order to get away from those worries. I've also heard that the M96/7 is wider and interferes more with the suspension mounting points of the 914. That being said, there are a couple 914s that have had that swap so I wouldn't be blazing a completely new trail.
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