O/T life is weird, Is the Carrera GT the fully evolved 914??? Options

[Mikey914]

So for my day job, I work for an airline, yes that’s odd enough, but sometimes it takes odd twists. My trip is rescheduled abut 4 times leaving me to catch a shuttle the company arranged for to drive from LAX to San Diego. Getting in after 2AM. Long day.

So they have me in the back and I start talking to the guy next to me. The subject of cars come up. Well of course we had to talk about the 914. Showed him a picture and the effect was he was awestruck. Mentioned that he always wanted a Carrera GT. He pointed out something I hadn’t really noticed before. The 914 really looks similar. I had seen the car up close and never made the connection on the styling ques. But then he showed me a picture, and it all was so obvious to me.

Really nice dude, lives in LA and I invited him to stalk us here. @jim_hoyland apparently he lives near you. Told him you might be able to get him a ride in one. Or to just show up for one of the drives in the are to at least get a good look at one.

Meanwhile, after all the excitement last night, I get a call from crew scheduling letting me know there’s a big storm that they think will affect operations out of JFK, and my flight is canceled, so
I’m going home early. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[9146GUY]

Ben Lozano was basically hired by Jim France to develop the Cayenne V8 engine for use in the DP's. He was buying every crashed Cayenne he could find for little more than the core engine. A deal could not be worked with Porsche to supply the necessary parts for the program.
Daytona Prototype racing back then was very interesting with respect to engines. Porsche Motorsport was building the 6 cylinder engine and GA was limiting all the engines. Jim France wanted a V8 powered series which is the reason he contracted with Ben. All engines were eventually leased and were limited to certain HP and Torque figures. Chevy, Ford, BMW, Toyota (Lexus) and Porsche were all available. The Porsche 6 was the most expensive engine to run. 9500 RPM made the engines run for just one race weekend. V8'S would run for 30-45 hours.

[Superhawk996]

Ben Lozano was basically hired by Jim France to develop the Cayenne V8 engine for use in the DP's. He was buying every crashed Cayenne he could find for little more than the core engine. A deal could not be worked with Porsche to supply the necessary parts for the program.

And thus began the end of my love affair with Porsche. Turned its back on racing to build SUV's. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) Em'. Plenty of cool vintage metal in this world, the 914 being 1st among them in my view.