[steve tatro]

Hi, Just a car junkie here. I have built a few v8 powered car's. Vega's,Pinto's, MG's. I am now building a 914 v8, power comeing from a buick 215, all aluminum small block. My exsperience is first, research the field. Set an objective, keeping realistic goal's in mind, based on the finances that will go into it. We all spend more money on car's than we would like to think. Cheeseing a project is not the way to go. Kennedy eng, for the coupler, clutch set up, Griffin for the cooling, and double fan's is the way to go. all mentioned are the feild leader's, and supply other's with their product's anyway's. There are other's in the feild and i feel they all mean well in their respective approuch. Cooling of these car's is often over looked, and is why many find there way to the classified add's. Useing the correct wireing and coupler's is very important, electrical gremlin's are not fun and can dampen evan the most enthused builder. do it right the first time and enjoy, don;t and spend your time going over it again. Renagade supplies solid part's, and wireing. Rod Simpson is a racer at heart, use his part's and probably never break anything, but you better have deep pocket's Red dawg has inovative idea's, and a solid approuch, again deep pocket's. I am a fabricator, and have access to pro aluminum pro's allso. Choose your friend wisely, if your a car builder. Many people get riped of, due to lack of knoledge and research. I can say, i feel novice car builder's can build a solid v8 powered 914, with limited talent. It's by far the most interesting and fun progect to date. It allso keep's 914's alive and fun. If your a Porsche purist, a flat six would be the choice of course, again deep pocket's needed. V6, not evan recomended by the people who make the part's to do so, go figure. And the flat four, if youve read this far your ready for an upgrade in power, which is what the factory didn;t do first. Im glad they didn't, that is why we can aford to play with these car;s so resonably. If this help's fine, if not,, oh well, just my opinion's on the matter. Happy car building.