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Crazyhippy |
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Enough of the little horsepower pissing match, it's time for the fast cars to have their pissing match.
I'll be honest, my loyalty to the P-motor doesn't run very deep. They are WAY to expensive for the HP you get. The ONLY advantage i can see from a performance standpoint is the weight, and i'm not sure it's as big as everyone imagines (guessing less than the weight of a decent passenger). The SBC is easier to work on, builds more HP easily, lasts longer at the same HP level, and sounds better (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flipa.gif) (subjective i know). You do lose the front trunk, but a 914 is not a practical car to start with, so no biggy (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif) I understand people wanting to keep the bloodlines true and blah blah blah.. isn't that kinda like in-breeding? please discuss (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving-girl.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/burnout.gif) |
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Sammy |
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As you said this one is completely subjective, but I've had both and IMO the Porsche flat six is a thousand times better.
My V8 made more torque, it made more power, it didn't weigh that much more, it was cheaper to buy and repair and upgrade, but it was just an engine. The Porsche flat six is more than just an engine. It is mechanical art. It gets to me and makes me feel as if I am ripping up the french countryside in the 24 hours race every time I drive it. It is so smooth, and gets smoother the higher it revs. The V8 acted like it resisted revving high, and only did so if I forced it to do so. The six on the other hand, begs to hit redline. It loves 6000+ rpm, and seems as if it would prefer to be there always. Add a little postive manifold pressure and it only gets better. I thought I would really like a V8 914 until the first time I drove mine. That was the only Porsche I've ever owned that I didn't love. In fact I couldn't wait to sell it. Nothing wrong with the car, it was reasonably fast, handled good, and was very reliable. I just didn't care for it. To me it wasn't a sports car anymore. Others have them and love them, that's good. My experience was just different than that. |