Did the 911 Keep the 914 from being all it could be?, Was the 914 De-tuned from its full potential? Options

[Matty900]

I have heard several stories about Porsche not wanting to do anything to mess with the 911 program. Like the one about the 914S.
It's my understanding that in 1973 when they came out with the 2 ltr motor, they launched in the US and a 914 S. It had its own brochure, all of the options and was shut down by Porsche because they did not want to compete with the 911S.
I am not trying to open this can of worms with anyone about is the 914 S real or not. What I want to know is, as protective as Porsche was about the 911 program, How did this affect the 914. Were the 914 De-tuned from what the original design specs were?

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

the 914-6 was purposely detuned installing 110 main jets instead of 125s like the 911t of the same year.

Mostly since the 914 had the guise of being a VW and the four cylinder marketed as such in Europe, The 914-6 and 916 fell under the same spell and the cars were not in any way accepted by the masses as a Porsche. Porsche did not detune the 916 however, it was faster, lighter, wider, had a longer wheel base than the 911, and was actually the superior sports car. However Porsche would have, because of their agreement with VW, to sell the car for more than their flagship 911s, and that killed the car. NO ONE would have paid more for a 916 than a 911S, so the car would have been a miserable failure.