OT.. Major 914 haters seem common Options

[buhs914]

Am i the only one who noticed this phenomena? I always see people on forums bashing the 914 with insults like: "it's a slow crappy car" or "it's hideous" or even "my Honda Civic is faster than a 914". Comments like those make me want to bash some skulls (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) or at least show up the Civic dude in a race haha. i think that it's just plain ignorance on their part, but it still aggravates me..

[fasthonda]

I coudn't resist to respond to this thread. My favorite car of all time is the 914, but I also happen to have a Honda Civic race car so I am on both sides.

The Honda engines are great and true to the Porsche breed in my opinion. The limiting factor on the 914 is the type 4 engine. Converting to a six or building a high performance type 4 is not cheap, and thats the reason I started racing a Honda.

I have finally decided to build my dream car though. It will be a Honda powered 914. The best of both worlds. I plan to install a Honda S2000 engine into my 914 to give it the performace of an orginal GT for a fraction of the $. With 250 hp @ 9000 rpm from a 2.0L motor, it will true to the original GT and I hope to build it for under $10k.

You see very few 914's at track events other than Vintage races. I will not race this car in competetion, but rather just do HPDE's to showcase the 914 to the newer generation.

Will be posting my build to share with the club soon.


Michael