 What's the fastest anyone has gone in a 914?, what kid of body modifications were done to the car? |
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| Matty900 |
 Jun 25 2020, 04:16 PM
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The 916 was to be the fastest production car that Porsche had produced to that time. The body is notably modified. So I am curious (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) what the fastest 914-s look like. What have you done to your car?
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| wndsrfr |
Jun 25 2020, 07:13 PM
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OK, I'll bite....here's Kermee at Daytona clocking 153 on my GPS...watch the American Flag showing the nice tailwind down from turn 4 to the tri-oval start/finish line...I pointed at the buried 150mph speedo at about 1:06 in the clip....
Pump up the volume & enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdsRVmnX09c Oh yeah...here's the body configuration....  |
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| thelogo |
Jun 26 2020, 01:49 PM
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QUOTE(wndsrfr @ Jun 25 2020, 06:13 PM)  OK, I'll bite....here's Kermee at Daytona clocking 153 on my GPS...watch the American Flag showing the nice tailwind down from turn 4 to the tri-oval start/finish line...I pointed at the buried 150mph speedo at about 1:06 in the clip.... Pump up the volume & enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdsRVmnX09c Oh yeah...here's the body configuration.... Impressive driving . great hand coordination at that speed . .... About how far ahead are you looking ? |
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| crash914 |
Jun 29 2020, 07:20 PM
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its a mystery to me Group: Members Posts: 1,830 Joined: 17-March 03 From: Marriottsville, MD Member No.: 434 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I have some pictures somewhere of the build. I think we were installing the engine..
QUOTE(thelogo @ Jun 26 2020, 03:49 PM) QUOTE(wndsrfr @ Jun 25 2020, 06:13 PM) OK, I'll bite....here's Kermee at Daytona clocking 153 on my GPS...watch the American Flag showing the nice tailwind down from turn 4 to the tri-oval start/finish line...I pointed at the buried 150mph speedo at about 1:06 in the clip.... Pump up the volume & enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdsRVmnX09c Oh yeah...here's the body configuration.... Impressive driving . great hand coordination at that speed . .... About how far ahead are you looking ? |
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