The advantage good A mod cars have is that they are actually designed around the aerodynamics. Poor 914 was never designed for aero. I'm sure a car like Brits has pretty ugly airflow as it comes over low hood and hits firewall, targa bar and Mickey mouse cage. Perhaps targa bar removal, redesign of rear hoop to single bar would help with airflow. Don't forget about flow up front and under the car as well. I think 914 needs just as much if not more downforce up front.
Where is that thread where engineering student modeled airflow over 914 shape? That might help in figuring out what to do. Also I know PSU recently installed a wind tunnel up in your area. Why not ask professor of engineering if student could make a project out of Brits aerodynamic challenge?
On Joes AMod car, an old school VW powered Amod car with a big low tech wing was within a second of him when he came down and tested at Marina last year. emod guys weren't much slower within 2 to 3 seconds. He is coming down in July for AAS to tune again. Smart guy. Brit should come on down as he doesn't get much time on cement up there.
My company sponsors an FSAE team and we decided to focus on driver development rather than put limited budget into redesigned car with aero. I gave input that all drivers should sign up for karting school and we helped them get a shifter kart for training drivers as well. They also now drive tha FSAE car at many local AX events.
I would love to have access to something like this! This has to be the wildest hill climb car I have ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGW-TkkVl08...be_gdata_player