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Swapping in a Boxster motor will neither be easy nor cheap. Have you seen what Boxster motors go for? Even the 2.5L base engine sells for $25,000 from Porsche (see for yourself.. 986-100-920-92).
If you are looking for cheap power, the best option is a Subaru swap. It's a flat engine, makes well over 200HP and there's plenty of support out there for it.
As far as keeping it air cooled, You will need to completely rebuild the engine with a good cam, lots of head work, additional oil cooling, and a way to deliever more fuel. Webers or aftermarket F.I. arent cheap.
Mega Squirt is a kit-based fuel injection system that may work, but it involves a fair amount of knowledge to make work correctly.
Don't feel so bad. I got my first 914 1.7 at 19.
What I did was find a 2.0L out of a wrecked 914, rebuilt it with slightly higher compression, a decent cam, read every piece of info I could on modifying VW cylinder heads and smoothed them out as best I could, then ran it on Weber 40's. I figure it made around 120HP.
That is all you will need in that car. Trust me.
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