Wow. There's no way I'd want to be standing anywhere near the road as a spectator.

At least not on the outside of a turn.

Zach

I found some "914" pics on line.....

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Here are a few more...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UETSyigLlm8



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDIpslSTV88

Cool car and he was driving it about 7 tenths, which is about right for a new car on any hill.

I'd like to see Bill Cooper run PP. Pretty amazing driver that has the experience (and car) to go fast.

seeing this really makes me sad I didn't find out PP was paved to the top until registration was full. That would have been 2 Sheridan bodied V8 cars tearing up the hill! And I am not sure I know what 7/10s is, but according to my friends that is apparently how I drive to go to work so that might be the problem I wouldn't go 10/10s the first time tho' that is for sure, those slopes are more like cliffs as a few have found out the hard way.

After I start the Nova project over the winter I might put the engine and trans back in the 914 if the project is going too slow

Ha, 10/10s is kind of like you drive an autox.

IMHO at PP with 156 corners it'll take a bit of time to learn the course. Even on our short courses out here (15-20 real corners) it takes a couple of years to start to feel like you know exactly what to do where. Once you get there you can go fast and stay on the hill.

What, 10:00 minutes up 12.5 miles is about 75mph average, but still that is fast considering 156 corners. Not far from what we average on the hillls out here.

Here is a nice smooth drive up the hill. The car is crazy fast, but he makes it look easy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y4camxSlVw

Or you can drive flat out like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0pTT1VmOQ4

Hello 914 folk, I was directed to this site by a few of you.
The "Green Thing" at Pike's Peak this year is my car, purchased in February from one of you and then heavily modified into it's current configuration.
Let me say this, if you are ever offered to drive up a closed forest road above the treeline, going as fast as you want...just say yes!
Pike's Peak was an extraordinary experience to be sure.
Referencing some of your comments, this was a first year effort. My only communication to any other competitor was to Rod and Rhys Millen to ask about a gearing choice. The rest of the car we just took our best shot.
With very limited testing and development we put a good balance on the car and put it in the trailer.
What we need for next time is more power ie: forced induction, tbd. Given the time constraints we opted to run what we brung and use the stock LS6 with the Pantera "stacked" efi. Dyno runs and further tuning on the mountain gave us approximately 520 hp (corrected).
All in all, I view the effort as a success. The car developed a high speed loose during our run (approximately 30 degrees hotter ambient than our testing during the week) and when I arrived on top the road was drenched and steaming...sometimes difficult to see the centerline because of the steam...I chose to uncharacteristically ease up (I guess age does that) and just get it to the line without wiping off the smile.
You're right about Bill Cooper being a fast guy (just ask him) we spent all day yesterday parked next to one another at a car show here in Bozeman.
Thanks for the pictures and video, the best coverage is right here, jeff

thanks for joining us!

Okay, the speed of the build obviously didn't leave time to document in a build thread, but would love to hear more about the project.

And congrats on doing something that most mere mortals dream about...

Congratulations on building a great car and successfully running Pikes Peak. To be honest all us NWHA guys aspire to do what you did. Great run. And running any hill being smart is fundamental.

The cool thing is that there aren't many 914 running the hills, but the ones that do have held up the side pretty well this year!

Wish you would bring that great car out to a few of the events on the West Coast.
Not quite Pikes Peak, but we have some great hills and our average times aren't bad.

I have been impressed with Cooper's driving after watching him run Cascade last year. He was just as fast in the wet as in the dry...which wouldn't mean much except he was TTOD.

Welcome to the World Site!

Jeff is my neighbor & friend - super great person, super car. Pic below is at the local "cruzin on main" show in Bozeman this past weekend.
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Now we need more pictures.

How about some with the body work off? Please!

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Well...since you asked, here is a photo of the day I bought the car. The previous owner had jumped in and declared " I need to drive it one more time"...
The results were quite similar to actions preceded by the words "watch this".
Amazingly, other than ego issues, no harm done...?
This was February of this year, I had already ordered and paid for the 914 bodywork and then watched the car sever a power pole...

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Later that week, much of the original roll cage and other non essentials have been removed...

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...and still later that week we get an idea of where the new roll cage can be and still retain the 914 appearance...

Jeff, if you have the time, keep the photos and details coming. We all find it very interesting. And the power poll photo... Wow!

Richard

You bet Richard...but it may be a week or so...I leave today to drive a handicap Honda Minivan from Minneapolis to SanJose for a relative. It ought to be exciting...

Let all us teeners know when your coming and we'll buy you lunch at one of our great place.

Looks like he is back at Pikes Peak this year.

I would LOVE to crawl around that car. Lotsa cool stuff going on I'm sure.

Took me a second to figure out those bumps on the hood are for wheel/tire clearance.
And the targa bar is lower making the roof raked. Sweet!

Holy krap! No guard rails! Not even one of these to keep you from going over and DOWN!

guard rails?

what are those?

pikes peak

2013 practice

That was cool!

Way cool video, Jeff!
So does anybody know if this is the first 914 to run at Pikes Peak?

A custom tube-frame race car won Pike's Peak running a 914 engine waaaaay back when. I wish I could remember the year. And the class.

--DD

Really Dave did you not read Andy's post...It is 2013...try and stay current/// go 2013 914-8

No, I mean in the 80s, possibly the 70s. Running a Type IV engine, as used in the four-cylinder 914 cars.

--DD

I needed some motorcycle parts last week but my guy was at Pikes Peak as the suspension specialist for the Lightning electric motorcycle. Turns out they were the fastest motorcycle this year, beating all the gasburners and 20 seconds faster than the second place Ducati. That's the first time any kind of electric vehicle's been the fastest up the hill.

When I was looking up their results I saw that a four wheel drive Peugeot 208 with a twin turbo V6 was fastest overall this year, beating the previous best time by almost 45 seconds. Good Lowered. Car has more than 1 hp per kilo of weight.

I believe that was Sebastian Loeb of WRC fame in the Red Bull car.

Rick Mears drove a IV powered buggy in 1976 I believe. I'll dig up a pic of it.

I was wrong..............it was 1975.

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Thanks, that is exactly the car I meant!

Prepared by Garretson's, I do believe.

--DD

This one has been restored recently....

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2013 Jeff Zwart practice....a former 914-6 race car driver....film maker....photographer....

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That guy is lucky he still has legs.

-Britain

Here is the 2014 power plant and driveline.
Something much more interesting, 492 CI LS based, 2800 rpm/600lb torque, 900+hp!

I need to attend this one day.

How in the world do you get a 914 to hook up that much power?

Tony