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Rider914
post Jan 9 2005, 10:58 PM
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Is this a Red Dawg made tail or is it from the factory on something? Why I ask is there is a P car emblem on it. . . are the lawyers going to come grind it down?? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)


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post Jan 9 2005, 10:59 PM
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post Jan 10 2005, 05:15 AM
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It looks cool from the side but not the from the top unessary louvers, unless you have a V8 with a trick rad blowing out thoes vents.
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post Jan 10 2005, 06:01 AM
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That's a 930 (or 911 turbo) rear wing
Normally, it has a rubber "lip" which is now done in f/g as well
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:05 PM
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Jeroen - is that "lip' the black rubber thingy that I see on some 911 tails? I didn't know it came off. . . thanks
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:09 PM
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I kind of like it. You could mount an oil cooler up in there and it would be functional. Nice color too.
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:16 PM
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i think the original 930 factory tails had the rubber lip....it was probebly easier to manufacture at the time....

personally, i think the "turbo" tail on a 914 is one of the worst add-ons I've ever seen....it's like a big pimple just sitting there....I view it as another way for a 914 owner to try impress those 12 year old kids that don't know the difference, they just see a "turbo" tail and get excited....might as well install a 200 mph speedometer, that'll impress 'em just the same (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

Rennspeed 'glass tails
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:17 PM
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If I cut the trunk, would the air flow through? Without a lid over the engine the air comes up and vortexes (swirls) into the cabin. . . You would think air would go from top to bottom.
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:23 PM
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I really don't know, the flow characteristics of the 911 and 914 are different ...

pretty soon I'll have a rear deck lid you can have for free to test out if you want to pay for shipping (not perfect, but good enough to test with)
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:25 PM
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do you want air to go in or out?
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:27 PM
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Muller - I agree that the tail is a bit much for the 914, but it fits my car. I run a 350 with a heavy cam and straight pipes. And it is a little "yellow". One day I want a stock 1.7 also.

You once had a porschev?
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:32 PM
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hope I didn't piss ya off too much (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

I sold my 350 to 'Chung here on the list....I wish I would have kept it, but I don't have much restaint behind the wheel and I'm sure I would have lost my license or worse had I kept it (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:32 PM
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Mueller (sorry bout the miss-spell)

I am just wondering if it would go up or down if I cut a hole in the deck lid and a hole in the floor of the trunk. . .
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post Jan 10 2005, 09:51 PM
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Don't worry I don't really care what others think. . . In a sick way I like to hear others diss it - At a DE I had to step away from the large crowd that was around the car and I overheard a BMW guy say to another "you spend 60k on a 914 and it is still a 914.

I laughed all the way around him in the straight later. . . I know it hurt to wave me around.
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post Jan 10 2005, 10:13 PM
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QUOTE (Rider914 @ Jan 10 2005, 10:51 PM)
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Don't worry I don't really care what others think. . . In a sick way I like to hear others diss it - At a DE I had to step away from the large crowd that was around the car and I overheard a BMW guy say to another "you spend 60k on a 914 and it is still a 914.

I laughed all the way around him in the straight later. . . I know it hurt to wave me around.

I would have waved as I passed him.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif)
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post Jan 10 2005, 10:27 PM
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If you spent 60k on a 914, you need some serious medical help. I could build a V8 914 to be bullet proof for about 25k complete. I did my Chalon for less than about 13k so far and yes, there are some things I wish I could afford but if I had the money, the transmission I would run would be about 4k and the axles another grand but I would still be way under budget.
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post Jan 10 2005, 10:56 PM
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QUOTE (Rider914 @ Jan 10 2005, 07:32 PM)
I am just wondering if it would go up or down

at that angle, *down* ...

right now, you're probably losing 10mph off your top speed due to the drag of that thing.
it would be much better if it didn't have the louvers (sp?) ...

there are other 911-style wings for the 914 that don't have the openings and are much better suited.
and you can't really use it for cooling back there either unless you have a turbo and you put your intercooler in there.
but you would still have to cut some openings in the back to channel the air out of it.

right now, it's just slowing you down. but hey, at least it looks cool!
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Andy
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post Jan 10 2005, 11:33 PM
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Andy, that's how I do it (as in my avatar)... slight wing at 15deg ,1100cfm intercooler and a small portion of the 911 rear decklid grille (under wing) to exit the waste air-via the vortec behind the car.Boosted Intake temps are only about 20 deg over ambient outside air temps with the setup (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
Otherwise I'd go with a Sheridan wing for all/motor setup.
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post Jan 11 2005, 05:45 AM
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If you spent 60k on a 914, you need some serious medical help. I could build a V8 914 to be bullet proof for about 25k


Oh No, It was nothing near that - back in the 90's when the stock market did nothing but go up, I dropped $900.00 on a tech and sold it two weeks later for $6k. This is my 900 dollar car. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif)

If I had held I would be sitting on .00003 cents right now.

Maltese - do you have a pic of the lid closed? I like it. . .
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post Jan 11 2005, 05:54 AM
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right now, you're probably losing 10mph off your top speed due to the drag of that thing.
it would be much better if it didn't have the louvers (sp?) ...


Yup, pure rice. I have seen 140 on a gps. I doubt the tail does much more than make the trunk hard to open tho.
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