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AND swap the R&P in the 914 901-version trans so you actually have 5 speeds forward and NOT in reverse!  In the 914, the trans is at the tail of the car and the engine is in the middle.  You'd need 5 speed shift linkage too. The pan cake cooling does work or go with a Raby DTM or the DIY Joe Calli NextGen conversion (which uses T4 and T1 cooling pieces like shroud and over cylinders cooling tins).  NextGen shown (it keeps the thermostat and flaps).

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The 1.7L is still only 79 hp - but throw in a non-EFI cam and big bore pistons and you have 120+ dependable hp.  The 2L with stock 98 hp has a different crank with longer throw (stroked) and heads with bigger valves so more potential for mods.  Easy to do that for maybe $3k (with little or no machining).

The stock EFI back then  was strictly for emissions NOT performance.  It has little tuning capabilities for accommodating increased displacement. Plus parts are hard to come by - a small vacuum leak in a rubber piece is hard to track down.  My '72 914 had a recall for rubber fuel lines to injectors which could leak and spray fuel at 35 psi on the hot engine.

Last edited by WOLFGANG
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