[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Hey, looks like I'll be the first one this thread to say, "Everyone knows you can't turbo a 914!" (Sorry, inside joke from years ago.)

It has been done at least five or six times that I know of. (We're talking a stockish four-banger motor, right?) SammyG used a single side-draft carb as a draw-through setup. Evill Ed and EJM both used different versions of CIS from VWs or Volvos. EJM's setup was more sophisticated, but both worked very well--and are still on the road today! Jeff S mucked around with the D-jet system until it worked reasonably well. He started with a junker motor, with the theory that he could waste that without heartache and build a good motor after he had figured out the D-jet tuning.

Sammy's car is long gone. Evill Ed sold his, but it's still going strong. EJM still has his. Jeff tore his apart and has not, that I've heard, put it back together again.

There were also at least a couple of Crown Engineering kits (and MSDS kits) that were completed; they used a modified D-jetronic setup as well. One sold on e-bay a few years ago, evidently running at that time.

The stock motor can't handle much boost--about 7 PSI or so. Modified motors can handle more; good charge cooling helped EJM's and Evill Ed's cars deal with more. I don't know what the peak numbers were on theirs.

--DD