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| bongo monkey |
 Sep 7 2003, 07:20 PM
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The 914 has a reputation for being one of the best handling sports car in the world. I find it hard to believe that 30 year old entry-level techonology can out handle modern sports cars that are focused on handling. What production street cars do you think can out-handle the 914? I've heard about Lotus cars handling extremely well, but also being quite expensive. How does the 914 compare to modern entry-level sports cars, such as a Honda S2000?
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| drew365 |
Sep 8 2003, 08:30 AM
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The real difference between most of the cars mentioned will only show up when the car is being driven at 9/10ths on a track. I've been instructing for the POC series I'm running and I've been surprised that some of the newer cars in stock form are not that competitive. The last event my student had a Boxster S and it had quite a bit of understeer. I would say a 914-6 can be modified to run with most cars out there including some of the big money exotics. Of course the modified 914-6 becomes big money pretty fast. It's all a matter of taste.
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bongo monkey Out-handling the 914 Sep 7 2003, 07:20 PM
seanery are you talking about a run of the mill 914?
A set... Sep 7 2003, 07:30 PM bongo monkey Let's say a 914 set up for autocross. Sway bar... Sep 7 2003, 07:37 PM redshift I can't compare it to anything else, new.
I ... Sep 7 2003, 07:42 PM biosurfer1 i worked for honda for more than a year, and the s... Sep 7 2003, 08:08 PM TimT I put a smack down on some Porsches, and other ma... Sep 7 2003, 08:29 PM rick 918-S Apples for apples need to include the price point.... Sep 7 2003, 09:39 PM Bleyseng Comparing dollar for dollar say a S2000 vs a nice ... Sep 7 2003, 09:43 PM J P Stein I would say there are lots of cars that handle bet... Sep 7 2003, 10:10 PM Hi_Fi_Guy I think the Miata and the MR2 are right on the pri... Sep 7 2003, 10:36 PM Charles Deutsch ... Sep 7 2003, 11:19 PM cha914 I think that for cars setup for autox, like you st... Sep 8 2003, 07:44 AM Bleyseng Oh no doubt the modern cars have an advantage the ... Sep 8 2003, 08:09 AM anthony Autocross though is not a pure test of handling. F... Sep 8 2003, 09:32 AM kdfoust I don't necessarily think that the 914 design ... Sep 8 2003, 10:25 AM Air_Cooled_Nut BenNC A national level guy that runs around here recentl... Sep 8 2003, 04:33 PM URY914 1. You can't compair old vs new.
2. There is n... Sep 8 2003, 06:24 PM Rob Ways I hate when people ask questions about what is the... Sep 8 2003, 11:00 PM
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