hamsto24

ok so i'm pretty new to the whole rotary thing, recently i just discovered what a rotary REALLY can do and i have fallen in love with the engine, anyway i digress.
So i have a huge gap in between my decisions on what i ultimately want to do, i know in the end i want a car that gets high 400 hp numbers because my friend always bashes on any car less of a V8 unless it's a flat-6 in a GT3 and i want to kill him in a light, powerful monster. Here are my choices, get a porsche 914 rolling body and swap in one of the turbo 13b engines since the 914 is one of my favorite bodies since i LOVE sleepers. OR . purchase one of the turbo FCs and upgrade. what i want to know is what work would need to be done on the porsche option to make it mountable and working and at what cost. dont forget i LOVE sleepers.

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

You want to make a 400HP car because your friend makes fun of you otherwise?! That's kind of weird...

I don't know a thing about Porsches but experience says that you would need to:

1. Fabricate engine mounts
2. Adapt the engine to the transmission. This likely involves a custom bellhousing and running an RX-7 flywheel with a custom clutch to work with the Porsche transmission.
3. Full fuel system replacement including an EFI pump, new lines, full standalone EMS, etc.
4. Fitting it all in!

I did some Google searching for "rotary porsche 914" and there are a number of them out there. It is a MAJOR TIGHT FIT, so good luck fitting all the turbo stuff necessary to make 400HP. Also a 400HP rotary 914 would be stupidly overpowered. You'd never get any power to the ground.

dgeesaman

iTrader: (7)

I suggest you find someone local with a well modded FD or FC and let them tramp over your friend's setup.

That will save you an immense amount of hassle and money.

Dave

NoPistons!

iTrader: (3)

Rock an fc.

If you really wanted a sleeper, you would put an ej20 in a 944.

EL ROTOR

if you go with a '7 you will keep a lot of $$$ because porch is expensive and there are more people that work with mazda than porches

swkiller

iTrader: (1)

lol i love sleepers too lol i love raping all the little honda ricers around they take one look at my car and -this coming from a kid lol- he said ''that car is way to old to beat my civic plus yours has the stock turbo so it doesnt help at all lol. i let him see under my hood and everything he was so confident lol. little did he know that i had bigger gsl-se injectors and am boosting 14psi. vs his civic with headers and exhaust&intake. that was so much fun i laughed so much gave him a head start too lol.

Some_Random_Guy

agreed

68GT500

My opinion: Its not power alone - its the power to weight ratio that makes things happen (fast)...

A light SA1 with just 200 HP can easily outrun a 400 HP MuscleCar

If you REALLY want a sleeper 914 put a twin Turbo V8 in it...