 "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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| Bleyseng |
Jul 25 2004, 03:57 PM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,035 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
The early cars were lighter about 1975 lbs with the lighter doors etc.
I have driven a stockish six and my 2056 four (about 115hp) back to back. The four is quicker but the six has all the hp above 5000 rpms that doesn't exist in the four unless you change the cam. The Djet really helps for low rpm torque which mine dyno's out to about 130ftlbs. The six sounds better too as you have to keep it above 3000 rpms driving around the street. Geoff |
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thomasotten "hot rodding" your 4-cylinder Jul 25 2004, 08:21 AM
davep That is both true, and patently false. You could f... Jul 25 2004, 08:27 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
MXMARK I like my big 4 something like 2533 with tons of t... Jul 25 2004, 04:26 PM |
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