[Dave at Pelican Parts]

What do you want from the car? What is your budget? How concerned are you with originality?

The original 914-6es are pretty uncommon--less than 2500 of them were made if I recall correctly. It is worth at least considering keeping everything original, because they aren't going to become any more common. And a lot of them have been "upgraded" or converted to race cars of various kinds.

If you decide that originality isn't your thing, you can rebuild the engine up to 2.2 S spec relatively easily. There is something that prevents you from going much larger on the stock crankcase, I believe, but I don't recall what it is.

If you want a lot more torque and relatively nice street manners, you might consider locating a used 3.0 or 3.2 motor. The 901-based stock transmission can hold up to a 3.0 reasonably well if it is not abused, but it seems to be a bit marginal for the 3.2s.

Any rebuild of a 911 motor is going to be expensive. Figure $6K for a minimal one, and go up from there.... (Could easily be more if labor rates are high in your area.)

--DD