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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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SirAndy |
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i never said there aren't situations when the stock brakes are not good enough anymore. however, that usually involves "a lot" of other non-stock parts on the car to be true. you, on the other hand, made a general statement regarding the stock brakes being a joke "The 914 brakes are a joke", which i strongly disagree with. as i said, "the stock 914 brakes are more than adequate for a stock car" if in good working condition. which might have been part of your problem ...
which only proves that i was young & dumb like you once ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) actually, i had been playing with the idea of a bigger /6 motor in which case upgrading the brakes would be a good thing. the motor never happened and the brakes are definately *total overkill* for my current ~120HP 2056 ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif) Andy |
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