Has anyone ever made a 914/8 clone?, Or am I off my rocker? |
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Has anyone ever made a 914/8 clone?, Or am I off my rocker? |
Mikey914 |
Jan 16 2020, 10:09 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,661 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
I have seen a few tribute GT cars that are great, but you all know me. I really love doing the obscure.
I have access to some aircraft cases and was thinking about taking 2 IO540s and adding another bank of pistons to one. Yes machining the cases, welding it all up and same with the crank. Wouldn't be cheap, or easy. But if I could make the motor, I could do the rest. Anyone know what the displacement was ? Or any other specs Attached image(s) |
914forme |
Jan 16 2020, 04:53 PM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None |
People in the dirt country couple engines all the time. We make 1000s of HP with them.
Many ways of coupling two engines together and making it work. Drag racers did it back in the 60s also. Hell if you want, build it so it looks like it has 8 cylinders and run 6. Most people would never know. You can make it look it it has a 908 engine, use a program to match the recording via the rev range, and then run a couple of drill motors. If your going to do it, do it right get a Porsche engine, Or get some hunks of billet a 3D model of a 908 case, and a 5 axis CNC and start making some chips fly. Cylinders and heads are easy. 911 Parts. Model out the cam towers, and all the other odds and ends, CNC away. At that point make it better than it was. This is not rocket science, real question is how much are you willing to spend to build a tribute car? In a few months we could 3D print this part out of SS, Ti, Al, CoMo, or an Alloy. It just takes some time and a Direct Metal Laser Sintering machine large enough to make the parts. You can then go back and machine final finishes for bearing seats, etc... Cranks I would use Billet, not sure I am trueing DMLS on these parts. Cams would be the same. I will gladly do it for you, just need the seed money and we will start the build process, I have seen some dumber things get funded with much less likely chance of being produced. Heck I have a chassis right here to start with, how close of a tribute do you want? |
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