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High HP 914? |
d k |
May 3 2011, 10:59 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 2-May 11 From: Miami Member No.: 13,014 Region Association: None |
Hello people.
I'm a noob here, but been around cars for awhile. Recently acquired a 75 914 that is very clean and going to do the Subaru conversion. Car will be used mostly for track events and some odd miles on the street. The question that I had, is how does this car respond to high horsepower? In stock form, the EJ257 will put out 300 at the crank and I'm wondering if it makes sense to tweak it a little more.... I've seen a few conversions done here and read through a ton of threads. Some very helpful info here, but I haven't read anybody's feedback on what the chassis will do if throw 500hp at it? Besides all the supporting mods necessary to handle the power, what will the driving dynamics be?? Maybe it's not worth to do anything except just the engine swap, but since it's going to get a full cage, big brakes and aero, maybe go big (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) David |
messix |
May 4 2011, 01:43 AM
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AKA "CLUTCH KILLER"! Group: Members Posts: 6,995 Joined: 14-April 05 From: between shit kickers and pinky lifters/ puget sound wa.north of Seattle south of Canada Member No.: 3,931 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
2,200lb car with 500hp will be a point and shoot car. there will be so much acceleration that if you can get the traction you would spend more time trying to get it slowed down and settled for a corner then you would be on the gas!
tc9148 has a 400+hp v8 car and i drove it.... brings big smiles. but that kind of car takes a while to get used to what the limits are and the consequences on going over at the kind of speed are not friendly to your health. |
turboman808 |
May 4 2011, 07:24 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,718 Joined: 31-January 06 From: North Jersey Member No.: 5,505 Region Association: North East States |
2,200lb car with 500hp will be a point and shoot car. there will be so much acceleration that if you can get the traction you would spend more time trying to get it slowed down and settled for a corner then you would be on the gas! tc9148 has a 400+hp v8 car and i drove it.... brings big smiles. but that kind of car takes a while to get used to what the limits are and the consequences on going over at the kind of speed are not friendly to your health. When they first created Street Modified in SCCA I was using a turbo civic with 350hp at the wheels. Almost uncontrollable at autox. Thankfully I had a boost controller and could turn it down to about 250hp. It was still what I considered a point and shoot car. It was setup so the rear would rotate around corners and this allowed me to get on the gas faster. Very weird and twitchy setup but I was winning like this. |
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