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Is it ok to put a Porsche 1.7L in my 1978 Westy?
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Bleyseng
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PostPosted: Sun May 24, 2015 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

raygreenwood wrote:
morymob wrote:
Most engines of ANY type vehicles like the 914 have been driven hard put up wet, or of a different wording, had the crap run out of them,not a good trade in my2cts.


Actually its the other way around. 411 and 412 are roughly 2200 lbs....and the 914 ranged from 100-150 lbs less.

Both the 914 and 411/412 had higher gearing as well as the 914 had a five speed. So outside of shift points, general running of all other type 4 cars (411,412, 914) drove around with significantly lower cruising rpm, less than half the weight, much better aerodynamics. ....which corresponded to less chronic overheating etc.
From my experience....bus cases and heads with high miles are beat to shit. Outside of 2.0l 914 with the inherent cracking problems....its rare to find 914 engines with sunken valve seats etc. Ray


Yes, I think Ray is totally correct. I think it should run fine but the 091 gearing is wrong for it. I'd run it with Ljet IF the price on the engine is right.
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PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for all the info guys, I ended up passing on the Porsche engine. The stars must have aligned for me because I ended up coming across someone selling a 2.0L! It was perfect! I ending up buying it on the spot. It was a great weekend

Thanks again guys!
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