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Randal |
Mar 20 2009, 12:19 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Ok seriously, you could build a 914 to compete at the nationals, but only if one would be willing to spend some serious cash, just like the competition. To be competitive you'd need a big 6 (375-400 hp) coupled with the right transmission/gearing and tire combination. JP's two speed approach would work great. Actually the Beast would be a good starting point, although maybe a bit heavy, but the big motor/transmission combinations are right now sitting up in Reno. Like a 400HP-normally aspirated 6. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) |
J P Stein |
Mar 20 2009, 06:12 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
R25s in Hoosier. Believe me, Iff'n I could figure out a way to get them on my car, I'd have done it. The rears are a piece of cake......several sizes with several wheels widths.....10 or 12 inch. My problem is the fronts. The smallest recommended wheel width is 10 inches. I already know those won't work up front....to much scrub radius and I can't get them inboard far enough to get rid of that.....the shocks get in the way. Of course the tiars cost 100 bucks apiece more than the bias jobbies.
That said, I am pretty sure that Brit could trophy in the car as is at the Nats....if he would get over the chokes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
PeeGreen 914 |
Mar 20 2009, 08:03 PM
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Just when you think you're done...wait, there is more..lol Group: Members Posts: 10,219 Joined: 21-September 06 From: Seattle, WA... actually Everett Member No.: 6,884 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
R25s in Hoosier. Believe me, Iff'n I could figure out a way to get them on my car, I'd have done it. The rears are a piece of cake......several sizes with several wheels widths.....10 or 12 inch. My problem is the fronts. The smallest recommended wheel width is 10 inches. I already know those won't work up front....to much scrub radius and I can't get them inboard far enough to get rid of that.....the shocks get in the way. Of course the tiars cost 100 bucks apiece more than the bias jobbies. That said, I am pretty sure that Brit could trophy in the car as is at the Nats....if he would get over the chokes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Love your car but I doubt it. As Paul said, the Lotus' have it well covered and there are so many other cars in that class that are very well prepaired with much more modern everything. You have set up your car well for competition locally but once you go to the main stage it is a whole new world. Come up to a Bremerton SCCA event when all the National winners are there and run your car with them. They'll show you where you stand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I get blown away watching some of them run (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) Sadly 914s in SCCA are hard to prepair in any of the mod classes. Leeds car is a great example of that. He has over 200k in R&D in that car and still not where it needs to be to be a winner today. When Greg and Jodi won in that car it was where it needed to be but in todays game not so much. I am sure Leeds Boxster will be there though. They have been working on it for long enough. |
J P Stein |
Mar 20 2009, 08:30 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
R25s in Hoosier. Believe me, Iff'n I could figure out a way to get them on my car, I'd have done it. The rears are a piece of cake......several sizes with several wheels widths.....10 or 12 inch. My problem is the fronts. The smallest recommended wheel width is 10 inches. I already know those won't work up front....to much scrub radius and I can't get them inboard far enough to get rid of that.....the shocks get in the way. Of course the tiars cost 100 bucks apiece more than the bias jobbies. That said, I am pretty sure that Brit could trophy in the car as is at the Nats....if he would get over the chokes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Love your car but I doubt it. As Paul said, the Lotus' have it well covered and there are so many other cars in that class that are very well prepaired with much more modern everything. You have set up your car well for competition locally but once you go to the main stage it is a whole new world. Come up to a Bremerton SCCA event when all the National winners are there and run your car with them. They'll show you where you stand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I get blown away watching some of them run (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) Sadly 914s in SCCA are hard to prepair in any of the mod classes. Leeds car is a great example of that. He has over 200k in R&D in that car and still not where it needs to be to be a winner today. When Greg and Jodi won in that car it was where it needed to be but in todays game not so much. I am sure Leeds Boxster will be there though. They have been working on it for long enough. Sure, we've gone to the National Tour events at Packwood the last 2 years. 2nd last year (2007) due to the rain, 1st this year (2008) in E Mod. We need to go to NWRPCA to see where we stand? How many of those guys won their classes at the NT? Barstow beat Brit on day one by a .5 sec. Brit choked on day 2 running 2.5 sec slower on day 2. We will settle this up at the Shoot Out. You wanna see the box run before that, get off your net horse & get up to Packwood some day. You sound like them GGR guys prior to the first Shoot Out. Ya'll are AX center of the world....NW version, eh? We've run aginst the NWSCCA guys at their one of their events at Packwood. Some quick guys. |
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