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) |
mepstein |
Jan 19 2020, 09:55 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,270 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Ok, the factory car has a 908 engine and trans. That’s really cool. The rest of the car is sort of ugly and only cool because Porsche built it. So say you made some sort of Frankenstein air cooled 8, got a 914 trans to fit the longer engine and modified a normal 914 to look like the factory car. Do you end up with something good or just something a 914 guy would find interesting.
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Superhawk996 |
Jan 20 2020, 07:50 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,814 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Ok, the factory car has a 908 engine and trans. That’s really cool. The rest of the car is sort of ugly and only cool because Porsche built it. So say you made some sort of Frankenstein air cooled 8, got a 914 trans to fit the longer engine and modified a normal 914 to look like the factory car. Do you end up with something good or just something a 914 guy would find interesting. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) A lot of time, money, and effort spent to simply get V8 power but with lower Center of Gravity. I guess you get bragging rights sort of the same as this joker below. Sure they did it but its a crap motorcycle if you actually want to ride it don't want to have to start multiple motors to go for a ride or 1/4 mile run and likely get beat by a stock Hayabusa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzx8Y--UNto The other issues that issues that I haven't seen addressed as part of "easy" is adressing the torsional osciallations of the longer crank for an eight. Sure the factory did 8, 12, and even 16 but they were having a heck of a time with crank torsion and they had real casting, engineering, and development Dyno's at their disposal. |
mepstein |
Jan 20 2020, 08:10 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,270 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Ok, the factory car has a 908 engine and trans. That’s really cool. The rest of the car is sort of ugly and only cool because Porsche built it. So say you made some sort of Frankenstein air cooled 8, got a 914 trans to fit the longer engine and modified a normal 914 to look like the factory car. Do you end up with something good or just something a 914 guy would find interesting. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) A lot of time, money, and effort spent to simply get V8 power but with lower Center of Gravity. I guess you get bragging rights sort of the same as this joker below. Sure they did it but its a crap motorcycle if you actually want to ride it don't want to have to start multiple motors to go for a ride or 1/4 mile run and likely get beat by a stock Hayabusa. At least the motorcycle is a good ad for the engine brand. Any engine in a 914 is pretty much hidden away. You see some carbs, a fiberglass shroud and that's about it. |
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