What are 914s Capable of, performance wise Options

[yahthatsright]

As a 21 year old college student most of my peers have a hard time understanding why I think my 85 hp 30 yr old car is so fun. Usually I get the question, “Okay, It seems like you can make a lot of upgrades to this car, If you did that how fast would it be” I usually answer with a stutter, uh uh I dunno. So, with a 200 hp six and moderately stiff suspension, what kind of numbers do you guys have? It would be very interesting to see some braking stats, 0-60, some form of slalom, anything. I’m also wondering if the guys out there with 300 to 400hp or getting that much more for performance.

[fiid]

F = m a

914s don't have much m, which means with limited F they still have sufficient a. Add some F (say a 6 conversion, or a Subbie motor (SBCs unfortunatly come with extra m)) and you get lots of fun.

The little appreciated fact is that when you turn 90o, you lose all your velocity in one direction and have to put it back on again in another direction. So your 914s relative lack of m helps you twice - once when you're decelerating in one direction and once when you're reaccelerating in the other.

If your buddies respect the elise - you might want to raise the fact that you can buy a 914 for 1/10th the price of an elise and it only weighs about 200lbs more despite being made of STEEL and being 30yrs old.

And then there's just the grin factor. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)