How about 415HP and 1845lbs, Giddyup Options

[TravisNeff]

Looks like a rocket

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-914...tem270250428272

[FourBlades]

So why are they selling it with only 1 hour on it? It must have taken
forever to build it, now they sell it without driving it much? Maybe it
drives like a pig??? Or the seller died from old age waiting to get it
done???

John

[byndbad914]

So why are they selling it with only 1 hour on it? It must have taken
forever to build it, now they sell it without driving it much? Maybe it
drives like a pig??? Or the seller died from old age waiting to get it
done???

John

I am sorta there with you... there are many scenarios but one may be that it was MORE than he expected. The first time I drove my 525HP car at Willow Springs I about shit myself it was sooo freakin' fast and it was a handful. Read that as scary. I can literally drive the car with my right foot and when I wasn't used to that it was very tough to get a bridle on it.

So I actually was having nightmares I built way too much car and was going to sell the engine and tone it down. The iterating to make the car actually handle is a task many have no real concept of and it has been a slow process for me. I am in my mid 30s and bear all the war wounds of wrenching on race cars thru my 20s like a bum right knee for instance, so I takes me time these days (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) So maybe he tracked it, it handles poorly and needs the real hard "busy" work to be done now and maybe cares neither to afford the time or more money.

Just a thought... I bet that car is a monster to drive with that much power. Mine is very, very easy to go really fast, but when you go just a little too far, shit hits the fan big time v. a slower, simpler car.

I bet that car needs some work and would be the right car (if the buy is right) for a guy with setup skills to buy and make it a monster. That car would walk all over my car in the right hands with a good setup... similar power to weight ratio and lighter so on a technical course it might just be the real deal.

You can quote me on this (I told my buddy this after breaking the front susp at the track and taking 3hrs to get it on the trailer awhile back) - nobody said racing would be easy, but nobody told me it was going to be so damn hard!

Owning, maintaining and generally fuching with a race car is a PITA frankly and definitely not for everyone - I have my days trust me. A lot of guys have their dreams shattered after building and dumping big $$ into a car only to find out on the maiden voyage it really isn't for them or they are just plain scared and their ass is suctioned cup down to the seat and they're white knuckled and shaking.

Additionally, I have literally spent nearly every weekend the past few weeks just dicking with mine, let alone the fact a month ago I had the engine and trans completely out for its annual general cleaning and valve adj, clutch inspection, etc etc. Building the car is the EASY/fun part I promise you. Everything after that feels a lot like work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)