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> Ferdinand Piech's 914-8, Video of the car from 10/2025
Robarabian
post Jan 3 2026, 08:10 PM
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I visited the Porsche Museum in October. Took some video of the 914-8.

It's short but shows some good details.

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https://youtu.be/G5sTmYOuHuA

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dtmehall
post Jan 3 2026, 09:02 PM
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Very cool! It’s missing the trim/beading between the engine lid and grill, oversight, or?
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post Jan 4 2026, 10:47 AM
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QUOTE(East coaster @ Jan 4 2026, 04:35 AM) *

Very cool! It’s missing the trim/beading between the engine lid and grill, oversight, or?

It's a hand-built pre-production prototype.
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post Jan 5 2026, 01:17 PM
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Interesting lack of head rests on the seats and that fuel filler position under the windshield. I see why @burton73 's car had the fuel flap there now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Jan 5 2026, 03:33 PM
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QUOTE(Robarabian @ Jan 3 2026, 06:10 PM) *

I visited the Porsche Museum in October. Took some video of the 914-8.

It's short but shows some good details.


Thanks for sharing that. Interesting to see the fire extinguisher where the center pad would normally be.
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post Jan 5 2026, 05:26 PM
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I was there a year ago and saw the 914S. Way cool to see in person. My biggest surprise was that it has less HP than my 3.6.
I read somewhere else that it cornered pretty bad. Is that just a rumor?
But it does only have 195/65 tires.
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post Jan 5 2026, 08:29 PM
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QUOTE(Steve @ Jan 5 2026, 03:26 PM) *
My biggest surprise was that it has less HP than my 3.6.

They were detuned for the two 914/8 street cars.

In racing trim, those engines put out 350HP from 3.0L displacement.
Pretty impressive for the time me thinks.
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post Jan 6 2026, 01:53 AM
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love that bit of roundabout mayhem outside the museum at the start of vid.
good to know germans are as pig headed at roundabouts as aussies when they screw up which lane they are supposed to be in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

and thanks for the vid views of the 8. what a beast, yet so understated.
you got to love the late 60s. no aero devices! imagine the nose lift on that baby wound out on the autobahn at 1 am in the morning - which is apparently when it was allowed out on the public roads for "testing purposes". clenched teeth and balls of steel i reckon to floor that thing.

and yeah @SirAndy . you are so right. 340-350 hp was nothing to sneeze at in 1969/70.
ferrari daytona had approx the same amount and was claimed to be the fastest car of that era and decade and it was a V12. so piech's little experiment was no slouch - but right out there at the edges of the envelope. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
you got to love the germans during that time and in the that place.

even mercedes, just around the corner and down the road a a bit weren't holding back with their C-111. never went into production but boy was that car out there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Jan 6 2026, 07:21 AM
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A few photographs from when I visited in 2024. Notable detail differences.
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Jan 4 2026, 10:47 AM) *

QUOTE(East coaster @ Jan 4 2026, 04:35 AM) *

Very cool! It’s missing the trim/beading between the engine lid and grill, oversight, or?

It's a hand-built pre-production prototype.
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And more than likely not always treated and maintained as a museum piece.
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post Jan 6 2026, 03:25 PM
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Always cool to see a video of 914-8. There was another one with it running posted a while back.
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