Hello my 914 friends:
I was wondering if anyone knew the whereabouts of this 914 race car. It was built and raced by Altman racing the same people that built the Pontiac Racing GTU Fiero’s.
As you can tell from the photos this 914 is very well built, the pictures are from Sebring 1987.
In the mid 1990’s it came up for sale and at that time it was in Puerto Rico, it came with a lot of spares and two engines back then they were asking $20,000 (I wish I had $20,000 back then to spare) I know that ZOT’s Racing was interested in making it into a open-top IMSA/SportsCars racer, a rule and direction that endurance racing was going in at that time. Nothing happened and the car as far as I know fell of the map.
I have no information on Altman Racing it wouild be great to get soem of there photos and history on this car.
If anyone knows or has any more photos, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
Quilmes
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Sorry if the images are a bit big, but I wanted to show the detail to the workmanship.
Thanks
Quilmes
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I have several pictures of the car. It was involved in a shunt with some other entrant, and DNFed that event. Used Fiero uprights, I guess there were quite familiar with them.
QUOTE (davep @ Mar 7 2005, 08:10 AM) |
I have several pictures of the car. It was involved in a shunt with some other entrant, and DNFed that event. Used Fiero uprights, I guess there were quite familiar with them. |
I'll have to look thru my stuff too, I may have something. I was there in '87.
Do you know if it ever ran in PCA Club Racing?
Paul
QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 7 2005, 08:21 AM) |
I'll have to look thru my stuff too, I may have something. I was there in '87. Do you know if it ever ran in PCA Club Racing? Paul |
It looks like it has a 917/962 style flat fan.
And a steel passenger door.
Was the car last seen in Florida? Was it painted Red after this picture? If so, I know where it was a couple of years ago. There was a guy by the name of Armand Pugh that had a shop in Cape Coral and he bought this car in Daytona (or that area). He had it in his shop for a long time and he would not sell it. Bob Snodgrass came down to buy it one time and Armand said no way. No telling what Brumos offered him.
Armand was an interesting guy (read that as asshole). He had a heart attack last year on I-4 and US27 and died in his truck. Now nobody knows what happened to the car. I would imagine that it was sold or given to someone to resolve a debt.
When I last saw this car, 2002 or so, it was just a roller. But it was in good condition.
Paul if you email me I will try to provide with you some more detailed info.
Post some pics of the HSR weekend,please,please,please.
QUOTE (Stutgart46 @ Mar 7 2005, 08:56 AM) |
Paul if you email me I will try to provide with you some more detailed info. Post some pics of the HSR weekend,please,please,please. |
Whoops.
Martin if you email me I would be happy to give you all of the details that I know.
QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 7 2005, 08:41 AM) |
It looks like it has a 917/962 style flat fan. |
QUOTE (Dave_Darling @ Mar 7 2005, 12:33 PM) | ||
...And MFI! --DD |
QUOTE (Stutgart46 @ Mar 7 2005, 10:38 AM) |
Whoops. Martin if you email me I would be happy to give you all of the details that I know. |
QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 7 2005, 08:41 AM) |
It looks like it has a 917/962 style flat fan. |
QUESTION!
what is that Silver/Aluminum (?) thingy to the Right of the drivers door in the first picture?
thanks.
Sc
Besides allowing the car to go lower, what's the advantage of having the swaybars on top?
Cole
QUOTE (Scott Carlberg @ Mar 7 2005, 02:11 PM) |
QUESTION! what is that Silver/Aluminum (?) thingy to the Right of the drivers door in the first picture? thanks. Sc |
QUOTE (wrpspddrvr @ Mar 7 2005, 02:20 PM) |
Besides allowing the car to go lower, what's the advantage of having the swaybars on top? Cole |
Well, I think you are in luck!
The Fiero chassis were intially built by Joe Huffaker and if this is correct, the car you seek was the Dole Pineapple sponsered car that was later configured to it's current spec which is a Boxster body tube frame with 993 rear suspension. This may be the car you are looking for. The person you want to talk to is Steve Limbert of Aircooled racing in PA 717 432-4116. He is aware of the car and its whereabouts. Not completely sure this is THE car you want, but, it is very similar to what you are seeking. It is in pieces at this point, but the price is okay. Hope this helps!
Regards,
Erik Madsen
I'm thinking I remember seeing two cars. Were two cars built?
Here it is in 1985...
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Martin,
I Goggled it and found this...
http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/other/1079470632/1079470632pa.htm
Your welcome in advance...
Paul
But it has a different ass...
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QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 7 2005, 05:05 PM) |
But it has a different ass... |
QUOTE (Thorshammer @ Mar 7 2005, 03:35 PM) |
Well, I think you are in luck! The Fiero chassis were intially built by Joe Huffaker and if this is correct, the car you seek was the Dole Pineapple sponsered car that was later configured to it's current spec which is a Boxster body tube frame with 993 rear suspension. This may be the car you are looking for. The person you want to talk to is Steve Limbert of Aircooled racing in PA 717 432-4116. He is aware of the car and its whereabouts. Not completely sure this is THE car you want, but, it is very similar to what you are seeking. It is in pieces at this point, but the price is okay. Hope this helps! Regards, Erik Madsen |
Martin,
The Huffaker website says they built 15!!! cars.
I also found referance to Trivette down in North Fort Myers. One site say he built the first ones for Huffarker.
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Nice rear suspension geometry on the Altman built car, and looks like Girling 4 piston calipers. Flat fan 914s RULE, I guess this makes two of them now
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not an intended hijacking, and not meaning to be ignorant, but can we have flat fans somehow? electric? or am i just dreaming?....
QUOTE (red914 @ Mar 7 2005, 10:53 PM) |
not an intended hijacking, and not meaning to be ignorant, but can we have flat fans somehow? electric? or am i just dreaming?.... |
QUOTE (red914 @ Mar 7 2005, 09:53 PM) |
not an intended hijacking, and not meaning to be ignorant, but can we have flat fans somehow? electric? or am i just dreaming?.... |
I think that is an electric fan that someone was selling a few years back with the engine tin to boot.
QUOTE (Travis Neff @ Mar 8 2005, 10:46 AM) |
I think that is an electric fan that someone was selling a few years back with the engine tin to boot. |
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Thats right. I believe they still have an ad in Pano or Excellance. I have a pic at home of it. I think thier in Memphis. Paul |
QUOTE (red914 @ Mar 7 2005, 09:53 PM) |
not an intended hijacking, and not meaning to be ignorant, but can we have flat fans somehow? electric? or am i just dreaming?.... |
That silver car is a major turd. Two or three years ago it caught fire at RA and burned pretty bad. The fire was put out with some sort of powder and it began attacking the chassis. So the owner cuts all the sheetmetal out. It is a big motor, not sure what stroke but it has 103s and Electromotive ignition. He hasn't figured out how to tune it either. I was parked across from his trailer a couple of races back and he couldn't make it run worth a damn.
The fan is sold by Aircooled CLassics up in Knoxville. Don knows his stuff but I don't think the fan works all that well. I have heard that it won't cool number 1 very well. The Reichart units are supposed to be nice, don't know how reliable they are though. The DTM appears to be a better option.
Here is the electric flat fan...
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i cant trust an electric fan to keep my motor cool.....
it would have to be belt driven for me.....
QUOTE (914RS @ Mar 7 2005, 09:57 PM) | ||
You're dreaming. They go for $12k these days. |
QUOTE (Reiche @ Mar 8 2005, 12:21 PM) | ||
Racer Chris has (had?) one. Looks like a Corvair fan. |
QUOTE (airsix @ Mar 8 2005, 10:48 PM) | ||||
Mueller could make one. -Ben M. ps - Hey Mike, I know you've already thought about it. |
Getting back on topic. The car that was at Steve Limbert’s shop, I was told by the owner was a fiero up until the point that they made it a Boxster. This may be one of the Fieros that you are referring to but I don’t think that it was the 914 you are looking for.
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While I was searching for Fiero info I found this site and the story of this mid-engine build up. It may not be a P-car although it does use a 930 tranny, it is mid engine and makes for a good read. The V-8 guys here should check it out...
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/789315/1
Paul
Here is a shot of the Fiero from the site listed above.
He's got a V-8 with 645 HP!!
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sorry for steering this topic off track.
but there are aout 10 colorado 4cylinder cars running that electric fan with VERY good results.
AJRS runs them on all his top cars.
His 2.2L/4 gt5 pca car is one of the fastest gt5s at any event. Ask Brad, but I think they ran AJ's car at a club race against Rich's SCCA car...
(my memory sucks and I wasn't there, but it was 5 or more seconds a lapper quicker)
of course its AJ's package and 400cc's that make his car quick... not just the fan. But I know he was telling me that his motor was 3+ seasons old and tired, yet producing about 205hp. He has a couple of extra cooling tricks too, but the fan can be made to work.
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