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> "Ultimate" 800 HP V8 race 914 on Ebay, $250k spent but yours for...?
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post Jan 21 2007, 01:01 PM
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The NASCAR hp stretched the gearbox(s) and chassis limits which escalated the costs. It is an awesome car and I appreciate Elmer (with his means) for having it built.

SCCA SPO Porsche 918 GT1 - SBC V8 800 HP 914 race car

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post Jan 21 2007, 01:12 PM
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post Jan 21 2007, 01:14 PM
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Does the ho come with the car? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Can she cook and clean? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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post Jan 21 2007, 01:45 PM
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doubt she can cook.....
but i like the splitter....i kinda reminds me of......
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post Jan 21 2007, 02:48 PM
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What do you guys think the reserve is going to be for this car? I would bet he's set it at $75K or higher.
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post Jan 21 2007, 03:57 PM
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i've been on the track at the same time as this guy. i think the car was stored/maintained at thunderhill for a while -- i've seen it up there many times.

let me just say that this is a scary, scary, scary-fast car. it's also bit unerving, whilst traveling towards turn 1 at 110mph, to have this guy blow by you at 150+. i've let him by in the middle of a turn, and by the time i've got the wheels straight again, he's no where to be seen. absolutely crushing accelleration and cornering speed. not for the timid, married, self-preserving, or inexperienced.


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post Jan 21 2007, 04:09 PM
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I sent him funds for his DVD. Hopefully there is some in car footage. Did this car always have the V8? Or was it Porsche powered at one time? I seem to recall seeing pictures of this car with the Bauer Porsche banner and a flat six in it.
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post Jan 21 2007, 04:30 PM
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QUOTE(soloracer @ Jan 21 2007, 02:09 PM) *

I sent him funds for his DVD. Hopefully there is some in car footage. Did this car always have the V8? Or was it Porsche powered at one time? I seem to recall seeing pictures of this car with the Bauer Porsche banner and a flat six in it.


Bauer started the work, it was pretty funny when they ran this open exhaust V8 amongst all the Porsche cars... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shocked[1].gif)
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post Jan 21 2007, 05:00 PM
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2450lbs dry?? seems kinda portly

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post Jan 21 2007, 05:05 PM
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add says 1:53s at Thunderhill,,,,

we have club racers that turn better than that...and I know they haven't spent 250K to do it either.
that car should be faster than that at TH....maybe it is the driver (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jan 21 2007, 05:15 PM
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i would imagine it does sub 1:50's -- i don't understand why 1:53 is in the add...
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post Jan 21 2007, 05:17 PM
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QUOTE(Dan (Almaden Valley) @ Jan 21 2007, 03:05 PM) *

add says 1:53s at Thunderhill


nope ...

ad says:
"To produce a car that can run sub 1:53's at Thunderhill you will be well into mid six figures and 2 years of sorting and flustration."


maybe my english just isn't good enough, but IMHO, nowhere in that sentence does it say that that car is running 1:53 at TH ...
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post Jan 21 2007, 08:33 PM
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either way, 1:53 is damn fast (at least for the 3.0 config). very few GT1's run sub 1:50's (SCCA record is 1:47). SP record is like 1:48 and change.

what does Hank Watts run in his monster car?
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post Jan 21 2007, 08:37 PM
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1:52s and :53s
Matt Lowrance 1:52
Masuo Robinson in his 3.2L semi-framed 911 tub...1:54

all of these cars are much less than $250K

that was my point before that the person who wrote the ad used 1:53 as some magical number that required geometric dollars to run.

Very nice car, but $250K (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Jan 21 2007, 08:46 PM
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what i get from that statement is all told he has spent $250k on this car. with all the different renditions that it has had in development it would be easy to do. but to say its worth that much, not a chance.
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post Jan 21 2007, 08:54 PM
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damn, that's fast.

well, you're absolutely right on point that there are just-as-fast cars out there for less than 250k. hell, you can get a semi-fresh gt3 cup car for ~125k. by the writer's own admission, he has "only" 60k in parts (minus engine). clearly, there must be a LOT of labor/fabrication in the car.

still, i've seen the GT3 cup cars out there (they run 1:48's and lower in good weather), and they don't "seem" as fast or brutal as this car did to me. in any case, i would agree with soloracer's estimate of 75k reserve. it'll be intersting to see if he gets it.
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post Jan 21 2007, 10:35 PM
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Elmer built a 32 year old 914 at shop rate to compete with highly developed production race cars that he could have just bought. A V8 914 racer encouraged him to build this car but didn't expect he would spec a NASCAR motor. The Porsche shop he chose worked many hours making the engine work and had limited V8 experience. It ate 930 gearboxes, overheated until he bought a Renegade radiator, and required a mechanic at each race. Like many of us, he caught the 914 bug and at least stuck with it to get it sorted.

He has bank and enjoys racing, you can't fault him for that... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)







Lawrence,

he collects club fees to fund his "ho's" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Jan 21 2007, 10:47 PM
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can't fault him even one little bit. this car is absolutely insane. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jan 21 2007, 11:06 PM
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I saw the car in person at Hamlin's shop at Sears a few months ago getting all the rear suspension strengthened out.

He tore the passenger side suspension console ear right out of the car.


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post Jan 22 2007, 01:17 AM
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Trekkor: Was that due to the engine torque, an accident or the cornering forces that the car was subjected to?
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