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914-6 vs. 914-4...Your opinion |
Joshporsche |
Oct 22 2004, 08:07 AM
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914 addiction Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 27-July 04 From: St. George, UT Member No.: 2,408 |
Hey guys! I'm sure this has been hashed out a million times here, but i was just wondering how it feels to have a powerful 914-6. I own a totaled 2.0 and it's stock. Wrecked it right after high school. (good tires are important!!!) Interesting enough-my friend owned a 1998 454 suburban and my 914 was exactly as fast as it all the way to 98 mph when the suburban's governor kicked in. Here's my question-how fast is a regular 914-6? What car (speed wise) does it compare to? I understand all 914-6's will be different-but i would like to know about yours. Let me know your thoughts!
Josh |
eeyore |
Oct 25 2004, 12:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 889 Joined: 8-January 04 From: meridian, id Member No.: 1,533 Region Association: None |
Here's me. '75 with a 2.0 four. Do I go 4 or 6? I'm leaning towards 4. Even though I spent the past weekend at a DE, and went around in the track in an RS America, I still lean towards a 4. Why? Because I'm a perfectionist, cheap and lazy.
I have a neighbor with a wrecked 911 S that is probably a great donor. I could probably get the whole car for around $2K. But I don't want to have to buy a $2K motor just to rebuild it. It has been parked for unknown years. Fabrication is not an issue either. I have a friend with a complete machine shop (who is currently working toward restoring a 356 Carerra 2 with a 4 cam motor). I could be wrong, but the recurring 914 theme seems to go like this: Drive - problem - troubleshoot - cobble - drive - problem - troubleshoot - frustration - cobble - drive To avoid this situation, the level of perfection I desire seems to be 3 times greater for a 6 over a 4. I would rather have new(ish), cheap(er) underpowered stuff that I can count on, than have old, cobbled together stuff that I have to wrench on every other week. To me, new and cheaper = 4 cylinders. So I may only get 50K miles out of a 4 as opposed to 100K miles from a 6. Compiled at less than 200 miles a month, 50K miles will exceed the remainder of my life. I can't forget about the upward power-cost spiral as well. More power means bigger tires. Bigger tires means rims & flares, on and on... I could do it, but I'd rather be driving 140hp 4 in 6 months rather than a 180hp+ 6 in however long it takes me to convert it (probably never). As for sound, I'd take a 6 over a 4. The most memorable moment of my motor-head life was out in the Imperial County desert 12 years ago. The McMillan clan was racing one of their flat 6 unlimited off-road cars against a field comprised mainly of Type 1 powered buggies and V-8 trucks. In a scene straight from the movies, over the "Waaauuugggggghhhhh...." bellow of 4s and 8s, I hear this faint banshee-like "WooWooWoowowoooooo" of the McMillans doing well over 80 mph. I look to the west and 2 miles away through the mirage I see a shimmering speck as the sun glinted off the roof of the car while it bounced its way across the desert. It was like the ghosts of the race car gods were hovering over the track. A Honda V-4 at 7k RPM sounds better still. |
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