Bone stock 1.7 durability for track days |
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Bone stock 1.7 durability for track days |
Bulldozer27 |
Apr 18 2019, 08:40 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 14-November 18 From: Sandy Eggo, CA Member No.: 22,653 Region Association: Southern California |
In December of last year, I took the 914 plunge and bought a '71 6cyl conversion. Said car had too much cancer (rust), so I started looking for a suitable replacement donor chassis. By this March, I found and bought my replacement chassis, a clean, mostly original, bone stock base '71 1.7L 914.
My intention was to strip down the latter to transplant drivetrain, suspension, and brakes from the former, but before doing so, I wanted to drive it just to see what it was like. So I took it on a canyon run in the mountains down here (where I have driven many other previously owned sportscars). Afterwards, I found that the 1.7 was one of the most fun cars that I have driven on those roads because the meager 80hp is perfectly complemented by the OEM suspension that leans like the Tower of Pisa in corners, and the 165SR/15 bicycle tires 4-wheel drift everywhere. My question to those of you with experience: is a bone stock 1.7L durable enough for track days? I would love to drive this thing as is at track events, not in pursuit of laptimes (obviously), but purely for enjoyment. |
Krieger |
Apr 26 2019, 09:46 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,753 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Santa Rosa CA Member No.: 2,104 Region Association: None |
What group doo you run with when have 80hp? Vintage? I really don't know. But I'd be concerned running with newer cars that have four or five times the power.
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