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> Porsche 914 Racecar help, looking to find out history about a race car
truckiegreg
post Dec 1 2013, 02:43 PM
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I recently bought a 914 race car roller and the seller didn't have much info on it. I though if I post a pic someone may have seen it or knew who the previous owner was. I'm hoping to also track down the logbook.The roll bar is covered in HSR stickers. Any info would be great... greghering@hotmail.com

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post Dec 1 2013, 05:19 PM
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That's a Car I have never seen - I would check with Speed Werks as their name is on the side of the car
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post Dec 1 2013, 05:19 PM
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post Dec 1 2013, 05:57 PM
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QUOTE(carr914 @ Dec 1 2013, 03:19 PM) *
I would check with Speed Werks as their name is on the side of the car

As far as i know they're out of business. Their website now goes to a generic parked domain page.
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post Dec 1 2013, 10:46 PM
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Welcome!

What's the deal with the bar from main to front hoop on the right side; it looks tweaked? Any more pictures?
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post Dec 1 2013, 11:12 PM
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Interesting....

The car looks built for PCA club racing
A little bit too modified for a lot of vintage clubs.
Interesting that it has HSR tech stickers

You may want to go through some of the PCA Results to track down the previous owner
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post Dec 2 2013, 12:06 AM
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http://www.racingjunk.com/Vintage/18199829...ce-chassis.html
notice the website gives phone number of seller
location is Greensboro, N.C.
You may want to contact Black Forest Racing (John Forbes).
Maybe someone there may know of the history.
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post Dec 2 2013, 09:44 AM
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post Dec 2 2013, 07:18 PM
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I bought the car from a guy named Jonathan and his email was with renngruppe on it. He just didn't have much info. I contacted HSR and they are checking into it to.the top bars both have a bend in them. The car was deff built by someone who cared about it. Thanks for your help guys
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post Dec 2 2013, 09:50 PM
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the gt5s sticker is an old pca class
pca has results online for all of their races
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post Dec 6 2013, 05:56 PM
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The four-bolt hubs most likely mean it started out life as a 4 cyl. Is the ignition on the steering column or to the left of it?

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post Dec 6 2013, 10:10 PM
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The four-bolt hubs most likely mean it started out life as a 4 cyl. Is the ignition on the steering column or to the left of it?

No holes for a factory oil tank, so no, it is not a original /6 ...
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post Dec 7 2013, 04:35 PM
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I believe it was a 4 to start because of the 4 bolt hubs. Being a race car all the interior has been taken out.I got a bunch of 6 parts with it but Its going to be a F prod 4 for scca. The Trans that came with it is a good race 901 with a quaife diff. Its worth what I paid for the car. Hope someone out there has info would love to track down old owner to find a old log book and find some older pics.. The car was deff a different color because when I was stripping the cage there is bright silver paint under the machine grey paint...thanks again all you guys I will post more pics of the progress
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post Dec 7 2013, 05:25 PM
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I'm not sure the SCCA will allow those fenders in F production
Chris will know for sure

and I'm not sure about the bumpers either?
you may know more about it than I do
but the scca was always pretty strict about panels being removed and tube framing. Part of the reason I'm sure that car was built for PCA club racing

our vintage club works off of SCCA production rules (old ones) and we had a applicant requesting to come in with a chalon body and denied because it wasn't factory body shape/style

what motor mount is installed...
it could be that the previous owner pulled the front and rear suspension while they were gutting things and just bolted old stock stuff on?
the rotors look pretty stock and rusty compaired to the rest of the chassis
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post Dec 8 2013, 09:04 AM
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Thats a good thought about the suspension swap. Didn't think of that. Im going to contact our local Scca tech guy and see what he thinks about the body. I sure I can find somewhere to Run it..seem like all car clubs want is our money and wont turn a well prepped car down $$
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post Dec 8 2013, 10:06 AM
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Got me thinking the best thing to do if sell off roller and finish off other projects.
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post Dec 8 2013, 11:59 AM
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there are great racing places for that car
and those fender flares are -6cylinder GT style
(or 916 like the bumper)
a great car to drop a -6 into

the GT5 class in PCA (or any of the power to weight classes in pca gt) is a great place too. Although their new classification rules make motors pricey for small discplacement air cooled stuff....

the 4cylinder baseline is 90horse power per a liter
and the 6 cylinder is 110hp per a litter

PCA club racing

its way too clean of a start to give up on
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post Dec 8 2013, 12:36 PM
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I agree to good to give up on. I have a few ideas and need to do a bit more research but will be a good car for sure.thanks again for the help
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post Dec 11 2013, 02:43 PM
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You might want to reach out to Andy McNeil. I believe he or his father use to own speedwerks and he raced a 914 built there. I don't have his number but I did find him on face book. Maybe you could send him a message with the car pictures.
https://www.facebook.com/andy.mcneil.5
It is a long shot but you never know. There use to be a GT5 pca race car that looked like that but the bottom was green and yellow with the BP sponsor stickers on it. It also raced out of speedwerks.

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post Dec 25 2013, 10:48 AM
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You might want to reach out to Andy McNeil. I believe he or his father use to own speedwerks and he raced a 914 built there. I don't have his number but I did find him on face book. Maybe you could send him a message with the car pictures.
https://www.facebook.com/andy.mcneil.5
It is a long shot but you never know. There use to be a GT5 pca race car that looked like that but the bottom was green and yellow with the BP sponsor stickers on it. It also raced out of speedwerks.

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I don't know where Chris is but we have been in SCCA F prod for a few years. The fender flares would be fine for SCCA. The only obvious issues look like the rear floor has been removed and that would need to be replaced. I had a gearbox built by Speedwerks a few years ago and I don't remember seeing this car in the garage. May have been that I overlooked it but usually I pay attention to the 914s. Does this car have camber boxes? I did see a 914 at Speedwerks that used monoballs and I guess they could have painted it

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