Did the 911 Keep the 914 from being all it could be?, Was the 914 De-tuned from its full potential? |
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Did the 911 Keep the 914 from being all it could be?, Was the 914 De-tuned from its full potential? |
Matty900 |
Dec 14 2018, 09:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 21-February 15 From: Oregon Member No.: 18,454 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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? |
Breaker |
Dec 17 2018, 05:30 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 11-September 12 From: Switzerland Member No.: 14,911 Region Association: None |
I think there's also something interesting here, the 1970 Le Mans winners, in order:
1 Porsche 917 2 Porsche 917 3 Porsche 908 4 Ferrari 512 5 Ferrari 512 6 PORSCHE 914 GT!!! 7 Porsche 911S followed by 6 (SIX!) 911S, none of whom qualified because of insufficient distance covered. These are the OVERALL winners, and it was 914 GT with 1991 cc, NOT a 916. When your "entry level" is kicking your flagship's butt, and going off to play with the big boys, you know something's wrong. Another four 911Ss did't even finish, as well as two 910s, a 907, and no less than 5 917s...for various reasons: engine, transmission, throttle, or accident. That's quite an achievement, and i think it was a team run by the French importer, Sonauto. I remember reading about an experiment which showed something similar: 356 vs. 550 around the same track. 550 is faster, duh. Now take the engine from the 550, put it in the 356, and it goes a quite a bit faster...but still not as fast as the 550 WITH THE 356'S ENGINE! More chassis is faster than more engine, in this instance |
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