Got my excellence mag last night. Page 88 has a nice write up on a black 914 twin turbo conversion. I think it was a 3.6 liter? Looked very very nice, anybody know of the car. Ferg.

One thing I found funny. They say it has Gruppe B cams from a 959. Didn't the 959 have 4 cams? How do you fit those on a 2 cam engine?

The flat fan is way cool.

Is this the same car that was featured 5+ years ago in European Car?

If so:
Did he do anything different to it?

It has flares, twin turbo, intercooler sticking out of the rear trunk, rear wing from an Olds?!

I too belong to the CSOBCC and cannot afford a magazine- n e one care to post the article so the less fortunate can read and be enlightened?

Same car Mueller. They must be hard up for content.

B

Yep same car....


Owned by the owner of this company:
http://www.msdsinc.com/projects.htm

Stopped my subscription to EXCELLENCE when I realized that there were maybe two articles worth reading and the rest was how to make your car faster with this chip and that set of rims. I miss the old issues back in like 1988.
I have a box out in the garage when things get out of control I take out a few old issues and read all afternoon.

It's my first time seeing that car, and GEEEZZZZUZZZ!!!! Somebody's got time and money! It must be a kick in @$$ the drive!!

in jan 2000 EUROPEAN CAR showcased a # of 914's. the silver one on the cover put together by patrick motorsports was quite the ride. the estimate ( by jim patrick) was MORE than $46k to do, for a "good baseline car". i always wondered if that included the orig purchase price . i left that mag open on the kitchen table for my wife to discover. few complaints about minor parts puchases after that. a good baseline car, hope the enron/worldcom/global crossing stock was sold shortly after publication.

kevin

You end up with a new car... and we pay 30-40k for our BS SUV's. 45K is a little high, but the car had flairs and nice wheels (8k right there)

I need to stop working on others peoples cars and just build shit for myself.

I *could* have had 4-5 badass 914's by now.


B

brad, you don't have a 914 for the street? and, anyone who pays that kind of dough for a 4x4 (an suv imho, is nothing but a 4 wheeldrive international travelall w/leather and a cd player) needs to have their head examined.

kevin

That car would only be fun to drive...for about 15 minutes. Nothing close to enough tire or brake. Owner pays 8K for a fan and has to refurbish it and doesn't upgrade the brakes?
Owner's got more dollars than sense.

We all need our heads examined. Think about it.

-Ben M.