200 mph 914 Options

[dwillouby]

hello,

Been thinking about a new project. Has anyone driven a 914 over 200 mph?
Enough horsepower can be obtained with a V8. Might need turbos to keep the motor reasonable.
Aside from the required safety mods. any input on areo tricks would be helpful. I know a stock body tends to get very light at high speed. My stock bodied V8 conversion starts getting real skittish around 145.
Can this be done or am I nuts?

Thanks
David

[YksKrad]

Another thought, the area behind the rear window is a vacum correct? At speed air cannot fill the void fast enough... That would cause the air under the car to push up (actually it always will push up just nothing will be pushing down with a vacum above it Chem-101) reduceing down force on the rear wheels, and also would result in increased drag... Perhaps a slopeing design of either plexi or sheet aluminium. You could then remove the rear trunk lid as well. You could test this on your current V8

Also remember a 200 mph car isn't necissarilly getting there fast. Keep as small of a clutch on as possible, same with brakes. Big breaks and clutch are good for speeding up and slawing down fast, but that isn't exactly necissary on the salt flats.