Of course a later air cooled 911 engine is a natural choice.
I did say, about subie 2.2's going into them, 914, and not 914-6.
Whatever Karl.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Karl Mullendore
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.

Puh-leeze, Scott, leave the 914-6 alone, it already HAS a great engine,
surely you jest about swapping in a Subie? If you had to swap in
something it would surely have to be another Porsche flat-6, like a 3.2
or 3.6? Or 3.3 turbo? Maybe it's time for you to lay down those wrenches
before you really hurt something. :-)

An old friend on mine has a Porsche Carrera-4 screamer that will knock
the socks off ANY, and I do mean ANY Subaru abomination you can bring to
run. 700+ dyno-proven HP at the wheels, all four of 'em.

Karl

Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
> I do not in any way claim to know versions and numbers of porsche engines,
> but I sure know how to work on this 914-6 car sitting right next to me
here
> !
>   And I'd love to see a subaru engine in it actually ! ...
> A 2.2 1990's EJ22 subaru engine puts out more power, in a broader band, by
> far, than the 2.0 liter 911T engine in the 914-6.
> And get this ......it's a 1970 car. The owner's manual says that up to one
> and a half quarts of oil consumption per 600 miles is normal !
Metallurgy
> and piston ring sealing  has come a long way since then.  It's all top end
> screaming power too, nothing relaxed about it at all, It's hairy, but it's
> too hairy all the time.  They do subie conversions to 914's too.  Vast
> improvement.