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.

 

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.

 

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

 

Rock an fc.

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

 

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

 

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.

 

agreed

 

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...