[jmatta]

The very first issue that springs to mind about trying to do that conversion is the fact that there isn't much airflow around the engine in the middle of the car.

I believe that if you attempted that swap, you would cook the engine on the first drive.

It's true, they are called "air cooled" but in reality, the engines are oil cooled. I think a big challenge would be locating the oil coolers/oil tank and running oil lines in place of coolant lines. Not sure about height, but you are correct, 3.6s have been transplanted into 914s so perhaps that would not be an issue.

We need to get Todd Holyoak on this one!