 "hot rodding" your 4-cylinder, True or False |
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| thomasotten |
 Jul 25 2004, 08:21 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 16-November 03 From: San Antonio, Texas Member No.: 1,349  |
"You can spend as much as $6,500 "hot rodding" your 4-cylinder and still not match the performance of a stock 914 6-cylinder."
This is tech tip 100 from an old AA catalogue. Without this turning into an AA bashing thread, I was wondering what club member's opinions were. I had the opportunity to drive a 74 911 targa for the first time this weekend, and it was a blast. |
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| davep |
Jul 25 2004, 08:27 AM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,157 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada  |
That is both true, and patently false. You could foolishly spend money and get little or no return on your investment, so it could be true. Or, you could invest wisely and get a great improvement, in which case it is easy to beat the 110 hp of a 914/6 engine. I am sure that Jake could easily build an engine for that money.
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thomasotten "hot rodding" your 4-cylinder Jul 25 2004, 08:21 AM
skline :agree: I built a 2.6 liter engine for a 71 914 ... Jul 25 2004, 08:44 AM SLITS Any engine you build for more HP = more heat = dec... Jul 25 2004, 09:30 AM Lou W So what kind of improvements can you expect from t... Jul 25 2004, 12:25 PM ArtechnikA ... Jul 25 2004, 02:00 PM anthony Isn't that an old quote? It seems like a point... Jul 25 2004, 03:07 PM jgiroux67 I've never heard that a 914-4 was 2100 lbs. I... Jul 25 2004, 03:44 PM Bleyseng The early cars were lighter about 1975 lbs with th... Jul 25 2004, 03:57 PM
MXMARK I like my big 4 something like 2533 with tons of t... Jul 25 2004, 04:26 PM |
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