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Originally posted by mikey
I'm sure Jake Raby would disagree!!!
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Mikey, calm down. Jake's life is the type 4 and other 4 cylinder varients, so keep things in persective. Its his passion to play with the aircooled flat 4 cylinder, and i respect the work he does.
Do you know how much his super motor (~185hp) costs? Try $8000... Thats a low mileage 3.2 six with oil tank and engine mount. Figure another $1000 for the lines and clutch conversion kit. Now you can drive literally from Florida, up to New York, over to Washington (the state), down to Baja, then back to Florida without worrying. Plus, you could spank any big bore 914-4 that you come across.
Yes, its alot of money, but keep things in perspective.
Ask anyone on the board who has done a six conversion. The only ones that seem make any negative comments are those who, after you find out how they did the conversion, blantently cut corners (haak job) and was the result of their un-happy experience.
Dave, i agree with the "might as well" comment, but some have stuck to a strict install sucessfully. The idea crossed my mind, but i'm not disaplined
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mr dwight, have fun with the rebuild. Keep a strict install code for this too, as you could be reaching 6 $$$ land once your in. Have a local Pelican member check out your motor or post picks here to let others give you some feed back on what you probably should spend your money on.