EP, anyone? Options

[groot]

So, there are some big changes coming in E-production (SCCA) to "equalize" the competition. In 2005, the 914-4 2.0L runs at 1870 pounds with driver.

Is anyone thinking of switching from FP to EP and using a 2.0L now that the 914 has lost 50 pounds?

As you may have guessed, I'm considering it. Since I have 2-2.0L engines and no 1.8s, I'll be starting in EP anyway. But, I'm on the 4-year plan to get competitive (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_flagge24.gif) , so it really doesn't matter immediately.

I know they used to be competitive in EP.

Anyway, there have been some posts about the horsepower a FP 1.8 can make. Any thoughts on a 2.0L?

[Dave_Darling]

... Wickers car has this aluminum tray that seals the carbs from the engine heat, now they always get fresh air from the grill, this is a great idea. Probably gets the cooling air from the front headlight like many race 914's.

Yes, it has that tray. I also thought it was a neat idea! The cooling air is ducted from the headlight buckets, which is legal. I believe the cooling impeller has very few if any blades on it. (See the earlier post about that--reduces the amount of power you need to push the air....) I think he may be using Dells instead of Webers, which fits in with what I have read on the Shoptalk Forums about Dells flowing more air than Webers.

He's also got lots of data acquisition stuff--very trick!!

Bontempi's yellow car is similar in many ways, but has lots of detail differences that I have seen. No tray, less data acq... And I'm sure a whole lot of other differences that I didn't notice!!

Chuck Forge is another local EP stalwart. He's a good guy to talk to, but I haven't seen much in the way of details inside his car. (Hmm, that's not a bad way of distracting people from checking your car too closely, is it?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ) I've talked to him about the "sewer pipe" cooling--I think he's only using one headlight bucket for the main cooling air, and the other is used for an oil cooler?? I forget. He has half or two-thirds of the blades gone from his fan, not all of them like Rich has (or had at one point). "I ran with a full fan once, just to see. It felt like I was dragging a parachute around with me!" We also talked brakes; I believe 914-6 front brakes are allowed now, but he told me that he wasn't bothering to switch because he had gotten the stockers working to the point where vented rotors would offer no improvement! BTW, you couldn't see his rotor at all for all the ducting around it... And the caliper also had ducting leading to it.

You can learn an awful lot by simply hanging around with people and talking to them!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


...Oh, and my understanding is that the EP guys routinely run away from the GT3 Sixes (or whichever GT class requires the 2.0 Six motor) due mostly to the weight minimums.

--DD