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| vortrex |
 Jan 15 2003, 01:50 PM
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what's the max HP you can run in a narrow bodied 914 street car? I imagine olav's 914-6 (my dream car) has got to be eased a bit to keep traction? is the 260HP 3.2L going overboard for functional street power? is there a curve where the usefullness begins to drop off? I guess you also have to consider the extra 50HP worth of wear and tear on the 901 as compared to say a 2.7S spec motor?
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| Brad Roberts |
Jan 15 2003, 05:27 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
Yeah. We lost him. He moved to Hawaii. He left the car here for some other guy to drive.
I do agree 100% that you have to be smoother. Something else I found out.. GEARING. Kill some of the bottom end torque with gears more closely matched to"given" engine. Make the engine work a little. From seeing the car DD spun at a open ThILL day... it had stock gears. B |
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vortrex usable HP Jan 15 2003, 01:50 PM
Brad I have narrow bodied V8 cars with 350hp that spin ... Jan 15 2003, 02:11 PM J P Stein You can never be too rich, too thin or have too mu... Jan 15 2003, 03:07 PM Dave_Darling Personal preference. I've heard a number of l... Jan 15 2003, 05:20 PM Gint I dunno. That test drive I took in Douglas' 3... Jan 15 2003, 07:34 PM Brad Roberts It worked out great. I havent spoken to him in a f... Jan 15 2003, 07:38 PM si2t3m Hey Dave,
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