Just Curious, 150MPH Options

[Pezz]

115 MPH - flat Nevada highway

What is your powerplant?

Stock 1.8L. 1975. Pedal was to the metal. Satisfied my curiosity. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) @930cabman

[Root_Werks]

130 indicated 914-6.. 2.4 plus Ralph Meaney engine, highway 2, Stevens Pass, Wa.
Got to E-Burg, getting gas<< A guy ,,, wow 914-6, Rare.. I said ..Ya.. Long Time Ago..

Must be something about HWY2:

1990 2.4 converted six, 134mph according to the Officer that pulled me over. Had to cry my heart out so he wouldn't haul me away. Made my buddy drive the 914 home. Parents made me sell the 914 after that one. I was fresh out of High with a license to get speeding tickets.

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[sixnotfour]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I was up hill eastbound near summit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/irish914.jpg) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blue914.jpg)

[ClayPerrine]

Somehow....even with a 4.0L engine, my 914 is never going to bury the speedometer needle....

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[VegasRacer]

My first 914 (1974, 1.8) maxed out at 106.
It was 10 mph less with the roof removed.

[NARP74]

My first 914 (1974, 1.8) maxed out at 106.
It was 10 mph less with the roof removed.

Officer, I am studying aerodynamics!

[porschetub]

My first 914 (1974, 1.8) maxed out at 106.
It was 10 mph less with the roof removed.

105mph in a fairly short time running on full rpm near limiter then my rural test road was getting a little short with a tight corner looming ,love my 944T/S2 Brembo's so not a problem ,however you need to have good stopping power before trying to go fast IMO.
Most memorible ride was 25yrs ago in a TransAm 454 super duty Canadian spec with manual box ,best mate behind the wheel was an ex speedway champion and wanted to check recent power upgrade ,we hit 150mph ,2 lovely girls in the back screaming in joy ,never forgotten that to this day,epic.
Cheers.

[Type 47]

well it really depends on your space to get to terminal velocity. I've never been able to get to top speed in my track car because the straights on race tracks aren't long enough.

You could probably sneak up on top speed for a stock 914 on a deserted interstate.

six and LS swaps could get to 150 in about a mile.

at that point aero plays a huge roll.

I've pushed 160 in my Corvette Z06 track car at Road America, Indy, and Road Atlanta and a 924 with a LS or huge six just isn't going to get much faster than 150.

The 150 speedo is there for dreaming and some hope of modded your car.

Sure, chop the windshield, remove the rear window, and put a big LS engine in with say some 935 suspension and you could go really fast...but not likely you will find that equipment on a 914.

914's really aren't about that. find a twisty road, top off, and that's where I enjoy my 914.

[ClayPerrine]

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I know I am one to talk, but a 914 is more than just brute horsepower. There is an old addage... "It's not how fast you go, it is how you go fast." The 914 handles so well it makes driving a tight twisty road at an average of 30 mph a joy. Some of the best times I have had were either driving or riding in a 914 on a twisty road.

@Betty has this little laugh when she sees something like this:



There is a low "Heh", and sometimes she says "I take that as a challenge!" One lady that rode with her at Okteenerfest dubbed it her "U-laugh".

That is why 914s appeal to me.