Bone stock 1.7 durability for track days Options

[Bulldozer27]

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]

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.

[wndsrfr]

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.

DE events particularly with PCA start you off in Green group... strictly enforced passing rules keep everyone out of trouble while learning the track... promotion to blue group still will have an instructor until solo'd... is not a horsepower thing.