[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Uh-oh, get ready for the "Everybody knows you can't turbo a 914" comments! (Long-standing joke in the 914 community, from an ill-informed magazine article years ago.)

You can pretty easily pull 200+ HP out of a 2.0 914 engine. All it takes is the willingness to write a really REALLY big check, and rebuild it often. Race-only versions of the 1.8 tend (in some race classes) put out more than 180 HP, so a similar treatment to the 2.0 motor should yield over 200 HP. But you would be rebuilding it after tens of hours of operation, and it would overheat and melt itself when stuck in traffic.

You can boost a stockish 2.0 motor and get something like 150 HP, at least for a little while. Requires high-octane fuel and some significant thought given to cooling. When you start getting further from stock, you can make more power and it will live longer.

There are people who are building ~2300cc motors for 914s that are making 200 HP with good torque. They "ought" to last a good while, but I'm not sure how many people have put lots of miles on them yet. Bring lots of money if you want someone to build you one of those.

Of course, you can design and build one of your own. It will cost a lot less to do each time, but there is definitely a learning curve so you may wind up building it several times over to get results you like. Which can be rewarding itself.

--DD