Which is the best handling car?, 911,356, or my favorite 914?? Options

[second wind]

So I saw one of the best looking and built up 356's today.....and I went to the last Rennsport and watched 911's and 914's race each other....so my question is this....which model handles the best? I have been in a 356 that had 250 hp and all my friends have 914's with at least that....911's have even more. The 356 today looked so good that I said to myself..."Wow...what could possibly out handle that car?". Just a fun question for a Saturday night....
All the best,
gg

[flyer86d]

I agree that the 944TS is a superb handling chassis. At Bridgehampton way back when, I could piss all over them coming onto the main straight in our hot rod 80 SC. We would hit 150 before the bridge and as I lifted for the sweeper, they would pass me on the inside without lifting. I would catch them on the next short chute and pass them on the inside of the kink. Then they would pass coming out of the hook in the back and we would do it all over again.

The 80 SC was never a great handling car but it was real fast. Our old 73 911 was a great handling car probably because it was very light. The suspension was all stock with the exception of delrin spring plate bushings and will always be one of my favorites.

Our old 914 was an amazing handling car. We just added sway bars and it was perfect. A superb autocross car and great track toy.

When we restored our old 58 coupe in the 80s thru early 90s, we couldn’t get replacement rubber suspension bushings. We installed a complete delrin suspension bushing set in it and it worked great! The car handled like it was a go kart with no harshness from the road. It was amazing. I never tracked that car but with modern rubber and aggressive alignment, it was a joy to drive.

I’ve done the 68 911 that I am building with rubber in the front and delrin in the rear. Those big rubber spring plate bushings allow too much toe change. We’ll see how it works.

Charlie