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> OK guys - how to build a “civilized” 3.2 914/6
Tdskip
post Dec 2 2019, 01:21 PM
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Assuming the goal is a daily driver civilized build that you’d get out of after 500 without feeling beat up and frazzled - how do you do that?

The 3.2 I have had a complete Motrinic and I am assuming that keeping that would be step one in that build , yes?

Is the rest down to muffler choice and sound deadening etc.?
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post Dec 3 2019, 08:41 AM
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My long 914 drives (1.7, 2.0, 2056, 2.0/6) have all been great. They were all when i was young too.

My complaints when young were (with the 6)... droning. Ran a sport muffler. Droning.

Wind noise. Without AC, the need to run with windows open / top off / combos there of, lead to a lot of wind noise.

Road noise.. not from my car, but from the cars around me. Tire noise. Engine noise. Truck noise. Horns. There is a lot of noise.. Most of the time, in your modern DD, you don't notice it.. cause windows are closed, AC/heat is on and radio/music is playing.

But 500 miles / 5-6-8 hours on the freeway I now find this fatiguing. I get out of the car with a ringing in my ears.

The easy answer is - Get a Boxster/Cayman (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

But SoCal is not the rest of america. Maybe these aren't your concerns.

Seats - get some more comfortable seats.. Add the sound deadening (but not too much, since that 3.2 sounds great right behind you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )
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Tdskip   OK guys - how to build a “civilized” 3.2 914/6   Dec 2 2019, 01:21 PM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   stock motronic 901 transmission kennedy engineerin...   Dec 2 2019, 02:03 PM
thelogo   Assuming the goal is a daily driver civilized bui...   Dec 2 2019, 02:24 PM
mb911   What George no plug for my 1.625 heat exchangers a...   Dec 2 2019, 02:28 PM
Rob-O   I think George has good points. When I think civi...   Dec 2 2019, 02:31 PM
mepstein   Don't get paralysis by analysis. Build somethi...   Dec 2 2019, 02:34 PM
mb911   Oh also note to stick with soft suspension and 15 ...   Dec 2 2019, 02:44 PM
Superhawk996   Assuming the goal is a daily driver civilized bui...   Dec 2 2019, 03:26 PM
Bleyseng   Hmm, I disagree with the soft soft suspension as I...   Dec 2 2019, 03:44 PM
ConeDodger   Driveline wise, the stock 3.2 with all of its Motr...   Dec 2 2019, 03:49 PM
horizontally-opposed   Civilized 914 3.2? I like your thinking—it's...   Dec 2 2019, 03:53 PM
Steve   Civilized 914 3.2? I like your thinking—it...   Dec 3 2019, 08:10 AM
cali914   [quote name='horizontally-opposed' post='276...   Dec 4 2019, 08:42 AM
burton73   I can tell you what I think of the engine set up. ...   Dec 2 2019, 04:22 PM
Coondog   Plenty of us So Cal guys running around with 3.2s ...   Dec 2 2019, 04:31 PM
ConeDodger   Plenty of us So Cal guys running around with 3.2s...   Dec 2 2019, 06:34 PM
mb911   Plenty of us So Cal guys running around with 3.2...   Dec 2 2019, 07:50 PM
ConeDodger   [quote name='ConeDodger' post='2767012' date='Dec...   Dec 2 2019, 07:53 PM
mb911   [quote name='ConeDodger' post='2767012' date='De...   Dec 2 2019, 08:15 PM
Cairo94507   Huh...that is pretty much my build except I went w...   Dec 2 2019, 06:22 PM
siverson   > Assuming the goal is a daily driver civilized...   Dec 2 2019, 06:24 PM
sixnotfour   Carbs/K&Ns/ Sport Muffler/PPEs.... Its a tin c...   Dec 2 2019, 06:48 PM
Krieger   Maybe a jar of Grey Poupon? :beer2:   Dec 2 2019, 06:57 PM
914forme   Don't forget Ben's hard lines for the fron...   Dec 2 2019, 07:49 PM
Tdskip   Great discussion gentlemen, appreciate all the tho...   Dec 2 2019, 08:46 PM
Superhawk996   Great discussion gentlemen, appreciate all the th...   Dec 3 2019, 06:06 AM
Tdskip   Here's a starter for you: http://lightweig...   Dec 4 2019, 09:32 AM
mb911   @tdskip pm'd back ..   Dec 2 2019, 09:01 PM
914forme   I would also swap out the the seats for some Leman...   Dec 2 2019, 09:36 PM
Tdskip   Thanks @914forme This car has already been brac...   Dec 2 2019, 09:45 PM
sixnotfour   tdskip..your all over the map was a small bore now...   Dec 2 2019, 09:47 PM
Tdskip   tdskip..your all over the map was a small bore no...   Dec 2 2019, 10:02 PM
sixnotfour   [quote name='sixnotfour' post='2767069' date='Dec...   Dec 2 2019, 10:04 PM
Tdskip   I have 12 BFD That is a lot! No wonder you...   Dec 2 2019, 10:05 PM
sixnotfour   I have 12 BFD That is a lot! No wonder yo...   Dec 2 2019, 10:07 PM
cali914   Kents set up is as close as you are going to get w...   Dec 3 2019, 01:25 AM
a9146luvr   "civilized?", not possible >:D hopefu...   Dec 3 2019, 02:34 AM
Racer   My long 914 drives (1.7, 2.0, 2056, 2.0/6) have al...   Dec 3 2019, 08:41 AM
Tdskip   Thanks for all the constructive input. So, with a...   Dec 3 2019, 08:45 AM
Steve   The triad is nice, but it does have an evil drone ...   Dec 3 2019, 09:58 AM
Tdskip   The triad is nice, but it does have an evil drone...   Dec 3 2019, 10:18 AM


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