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| SirAndy |
  May 8 2014, 03:12 PM
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Anyone else read the article in the current Panorama where Valentin Schäffer mentions that Porsche had him (secretly) build two turbo cars in 1970, one 911 and one 914-6?
I wonder what ever happened to that car and if anyone out there has some more info on it ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
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| stugray |
May 8 2014, 03:17 PM
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My guess is that the 914-6 put the 911 to shame and they had it destroyed before anyone found out...
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| Ferg |
May 8 2014, 04:20 PM
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QUOTE(stugray @ May 8 2014, 01:17 PM)  My guess is that the 914-6 put the 911 to shame and they had it destroyed before anyone found out... And now we can all assume it was Porsche themselves that first said "you can't turbo a 914" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| SirAndy |
May 8 2014, 04:26 PM
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QUOTE(Ferg @ May 8 2014, 03:20 PM) And now we can all assume it was Porsche themselves that first said "you can't turbo a 914" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Actually, what they really said was: "You can't turbo a 914! But we can ..." (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) |
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SirAndy Factory built 914-6 turbo? May 8 2014, 03:12 PM
JmuRiz I saw that too, never heard about it before...a te... May 8 2014, 03:16 PM
Madswede
My guess is that the 914-6 put the 911 to shame a... May 8 2014, 03:37 PM damesandhotrods If Porsche already had two turbo test mules in 197... May 8 2014, 03:57 PM
SirAndy
If Porsche already had two turbo test mules in 19... May 8 2014, 04:09 PM horizontally-opposed Apparently, they used this initial research as the... May 14 2014, 12:24 PM JmuRiz They found the TAG F1 engine'd 930 right? I... May 8 2014, 07:28 PM iamchappy This is the first time I've heard about Porsch... May 8 2014, 07:43 PM iamchappy I would love to see how they did it. May 8 2014, 07:47 PM get off my lawn Secret spy photo of prototype turbo system> May 14 2014, 03:28 PM carr914 I'll send an eMail off to Jurgen Barth and see... May 14 2014, 06:17 PM ottox914 What? You CAN turbo a 914? i'd LOVE to learn ... May 14 2014, 07:37 PM GregAmy
What? You CAN turbo a 914?
Anything CAN be turbo... May 15 2014, 07:54 AM Dave_Darling Sorry, Greg, you've just run into a long-stand... May 15 2014, 08:10 AM rick 918-S
Sorry, Greg, you've just run into a long-stan... May 15 2014, 08:45 AM Woody
Sorry, Greg, you've just run into a long-stan... May 15 2014, 09:08 AM iamchappy Ric your funny :D
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