What are higher powered 914s like?, I've never had the chance to drive one. |
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What are higher powered 914s like?, I've never had the chance to drive one. |
anthony |
May 15 2003, 02:46 PM
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2270 club Group: Benefactors Posts: 3,107 Joined: 1-February 03 From: SF Bay Area, CA Member No.: 218 |
Like every 914 owner I've been thinking I want more power. You know, I'd like to at least be able to smoke a Mini Cooper S or a Honda Civic Si without breaking a sweat.
I've been collecting parts to build a 2056 2L engine. I keep wondering if it's worth it. Or, will I still want more hp in the end? What kind of horsepower does it take to make a 914 into a 0-60 8 second car (Civic Si), a 7 second car (Mini S), or a 6 second car (S2000)??? TIA |
need4speed |
May 16 2003, 11:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 339 Joined: 11-April 03 From: Arroyo Grande, CA Member No.: 564 |
Well, the other thing is - the 914 isn't really designed to be a drag-racer. If you want a drag racer, get a mustang or corvette. The 914, aside from being affordable, was designed to race a race with turns. There's a lot of difference in design philosophy, and trade-offs for these very different purposes.
A drag racer can often sacrifice even aerodynamics, and it's mainly about the delivery of raw torque to the road for a short period of time. Look at how a top-fuel dragster is designed. While a track car needs raw torque, it needs good weight distribution, aerodynamics, and some of these things demand a trade-off in raw engine size, and a whole buttload of other things I'm not even qualified to comment on. So 0-60 is a good way to measure a drag racer. But 60-100 is also important. And how many G's you can pull in turns. etc. And then there's the whole apples/oranges argument. - - so with all that out of the way - for a 914 newcomer, what are the basics of doing a 4->6 conversion? Just in broad, general terms? ballpark $ figures too. . . |
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