Type 4 install

Can a Type 4 engine c/w flat fan and all the type 4 bits, be installed in a CMC replica engine bay?
I can move the rear sub-frame rails if required

I have been thinking of installing a 914 engine and its 901 box.

here is a prev thread

https://www.speedsterowners.com/forum/readmsg.asp?t=20346

and another

https://www.speedsterowners.com/forum/readmsg.asp?t=20548

I'd like to see pictures of the conversion of the 914 gear box so you don't have 5 spds in reverse. All say its a simple R&P flip but I'd like to see pictures of it actually being done. Getting a 901 nose cone (and shift linkage) seems costly too.

The 901 transaxle in a 914 is basically the same as the 901 in an early 911 but as posted, with a flipped final drive ring gear due to the 914's mid engine mounting. Most of the 914, 901 transaxles also have a side shifter nosecone which will require a 911,901 straight shift nosecone.

Flipping the ring gear actually requires more than just unbolting and re-bolting the ring gear from one side to the other. To make the transaxle live after flipping, the ring gear requires precise measurements be taken on lash and depth.

Sometimes it's a lot cheaper to sell the 901 914 transaxle and buy an early or late Porsche 911 transaxle such as a 901 with weak first gear and with 1st gear out of the traditional 5 speed pattern or, a 915 transaxle with the traditional 5 speed pattern and a much stronger 1st gear.

I have done the 915 conversion using the kit form Bug@5speed
Easy, quality parts and works great.

I am aware of the ring gear flipping issues on the 914 box, and dog leg first gear. I may just flog off the 901 and try and find a 915 box