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Now,stuffing an engine of great power into a 914 chassis mandates some
reinforcement,namely a cage structure of Nascar proportion.
A set of tires to handle the high speeds and the wheels to hold them.
Not a single original panel.
Longer,wider wheelbase,3"stretch behind the rear axle.
Door lengthened,carries cage bars.
Waisted rocker in alloy/ss.
Nose rubber 2" longer,lower,so's the bumper,and wider.
Cow catcher air dam for the racecar look,has a rubber lower lip.
Siglamps are moved with the outer fender skin and sloped back to match the nose rubber,so they're longer.
Pop-ups are moved out with the fender,still work.
A 2-Tone anodized/painted wheel center for a modicum of polish.
A 914 Carrera GT?Still a 914,wings optional.

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Stahlmetall
Sahara Sand,a dab of paint.
Looks faster now.

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What's not to like?
A wash ,some cosmetic rust repair and a respray in a color of favour.
Add a wing to grace the rear deck and balance the look of a racer.
He's added some airscoops above the rear fender as a bonus.

A 914 modified to a level similar to the GT1's,twenty years later,might satisfy the need for speed.
We now have the cnc technology that was quite expensive at the time,available at reasonable cost.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8XqNR5i2B8


wow,smooth.8:17.(edit:less grandstand straight gap-7sec=8.10)
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/N%C3%BCrbu...b73ca589a?hl=en

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Someone close to the car, "isderaimperator", came by to explain why the car smoked, and how it has the larger, later 6.0 liter Merc motor.
The car in the video it the number 14 of 17 (series I. From Series II there where made 13 pieces).
The car was built in 1988 and has a old AMG 6.0-32v engine (modified 5.0l Mercedes V8) instead of the 560 V8 which came as the standard engine.
The smoke in the vid: Nothing dangerous, just a restoration mistake from 2006.
On the side of the copilot, there is an air intake in the wheelhouse, above the front tyre, for the air-condition.
…and a little bit to much material.
Due to the weight of the copilot and the massive compression in that downhill left corner "fuchsröhre" with around 120mph, the left front tyre had contact with the air intake, and smoke (plastic, tyre) came into the air condition system for a second.
On the road it never happened.
After that trackday the air intake was restored properly by Isdera with the right dimensions.
The track was cold and partly wet. The driver is not an Isdera test driver, but the owner, with racing experience (2012 Champion of the German Hankook Cup- and touring car championship).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjiqXPy3bRw

918 in the morning mist.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJEeM5FZcGQ


Also knows the track well.

956 6:37 Derek Bell


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSkEO1VnhaI


20,832 m 6:11.13 Porsche 956 Gr. C Stefan Bellof 28 May 1983
n/a Pole-position for 1983 1000k Sports Car race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Thomd4BQg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruf_CTR



This car was tested with the Isdera i108,Porsche 959,Countach and Ferrari's GTO on the Volkswagen test track by R+T,cover story again.
Can't recall the other cars in the test(edit:AMG supercoupe).Paul Frere was one of the testers.
The Ruf was front and center.
I recall a story about a fellow who imported one here in Montreal or Toronto.
He could as a 25yr rule applied.No doubt very pleased.

(edit:12/06/15)
http://backissues.com/issue/Road-and-Track-July-1987

(edit:12/11/14)
Anyone here know the driver in the video?
I am assuming it's Ruf's test driver who set their record.

(edit:05/03/15)
With a cameraman!fun ride

(edit:10/27/15):
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His name is Stefan Roser.
http://www.9tro.com/features/people-places...er-road-warrior

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I like this,tho the 917 is rapidly gaining,exiting the esses,towards tertre rouge.
TertreRouge
https://www.google.ca/search?q=lemans+1970+...FQWVqgmjc73M%3A
NorbertSinger
http://www.autobild.es/motorsport/10-momen...-le-mans-224131

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And this looks right,tho mounted haphazardly,unaligned.

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Somewhere on the continent,a Lime Green 914,with a nice dual lite install.
Looks like a grp bumper with paint,striped detail and a dam.
(edit:07/23/16)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTAG04An2NA



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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1y0rMOgZco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkP5Svl16Qg

(edit:11/05/15.This is not a 917,labeled wrong!).................................................................................(This is the sound we all recognize)
(edit:07/07/16)
BTW,http://911handbook.blogspot.ca/2001/06/936-race-car.html

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Factory hood,pop-ups,inner fenders,inner doorskin,trunklid.
Rear outer fender moved 100mm rearward.
Rear edge of doorskin followed.
It's blue,nicely buffed to reflect the horizon,parked cars and curb.
Factory late bumper,sectioned,widened,
Siglamps raked,lengthened.
Little baby bumper 914 grew up.
There's plenty of room for cooling and installation of great power.
Factory w-well height and lip.
Rusted relic from '75 seeks resurrection and more cylinders.
Some have pulled the rear w-w to fit wider tires and changed the curvature of the fender slightly.
The result looks nice with a gentle swelling of the longitudinal spline curve.
Extending that curve vertically allows the hump above the fender to rise in a smooth way.
A huge workload,like what I have seen here before.

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Face of bumper is factory position.
6-7" longer overall.
Same wb stretch of 100mm.
WW arches wider,taller.
More meat,larger wheels.
Plenty of modern materials.
Rear firewall is factory other than sandwich construction.
Longs are much more substantial.
Door carries intrusion bars,lock to tubeframe chassis.
The house defines the look of the 914,with the targa curve.

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Sure it's possible.

>>YT
I'm sure you have seen this..Jackie Icxx is so very cool.
In those killer years,awareness of mortality appears sobering.

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No round headlamps,for those who prefer the rectangular look.
911-ish roofline for a smooth transition to the rear.
Wings optional.Perhaps a electrically deployed version.

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For those of you who like the red ones.

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https://www.google.ca/search?q=cad+cam&...ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

Anyone here doing Cad-Cam?
During my visits with Restoration Design,I saw modern methods in die design and machining.
I can only recall several screengrabs of a few projects being posted.
Started with it in the '70s,programming heavy NC machine tools.

https://www.google.ca/#q=cad-cam+software

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Something like this.
From Paul's thd.
Hard to tell,this may be a different car than the roadster posted previously.
Interesting concept huh?Want wider rubber,widen the car.
Totally changes the character of the Karmann-Ghia to a GT.
I even like the subtle lip it's been given,nothing too garish or outrageous.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=karmann+ghia...oAA&dpr=1.5

edit:Same car,...brilliant.

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Anyone here know this 914?

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Patrick Paternie
https://books.google.ca/books?id=yMJFvrORtz...ity&f=false

Yes. Or rather, I have known it in the past. I remember seeing it at one of the first PCA Club Races that it ran after getting re-bodied. It was pretty awesome...

Just enough 914 left in there to legally run in PCA as a 914.

--DD

A few years ago I was compelled to rid myself of a vast collection of references from around the world.
Publications defunct or otherwise that wrote about sports and racing from the early '60s to then.
So along with a complete Mac that when purchased was 15k I brought it to the curb for disposal.
Along with that great mass of print was an article about this car,for which I have some memory as being V8 powered.
At the time I thought it would make a great project,a midengined 928 powered GT1 looking road car and sometime track toy.
I suppose all the artwork is my way of coming up with a suitable shape to enclose such a highpowered structure.
I haven't seen the car in almost 15 yrs,but somehow always had it simmering,evolving.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...06097&st=20

Reading of this awesome build has come at a great time,and has given new impetus to an ongoing 914 transformation.
I just learned California Motorsports had some part in building it back then.What got my attention was the use of latemodel
911 rear castings and suspension.I admired their design as something out of the ordinary,a 914 matured to 911.
I'm trying to retain some semblance of the original shape,the 944's roofline displaying a hint of the targa curve.
All of you have seen all kinds of attempts to rid the car of it's funky look into the latest fad of slopes,F40s,959s and so on.


https://www.google.ca/#q=Porsche+914+body+kits&start=10

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Porsche+914+...ml%3B1024%3B768

The car had (has?) a 993 rear subframe; the cast pieces are quite unique. I think it also uses some modified 993 suspension parts.

The motor was a 2.8 liter 911 engine, as that was the class limit for where it was running.

--DD

Races have records,how well did it do,being prepared to a class restriction.
PCA,POC, years ago,10+ I guess.

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Mild widening of fenders and doors.
w-w stock w+h.
Slight lengthening of bumper rubber.
Wider bumper slots for 2 lights.
Sig-lamps sloped+lengthened.

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Anyone remember this 914 from the '70s(80s?),and who built it?
924 rear glass?
Wide body that still looks good.
Appears to have a plexi windshield.
Pop-ups functional.
A faceted design,sculpted.

edit:Dec 11-14
Note the step at the rear of the targa bar to accommodate the roof.

(edit:11/07/15)
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=11646
Indeed,an Art Center College of Design grad is on board.
Deep into the labyrinth of 914W,back,back into the past.

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Much,much more radical

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Much more radical

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17" ATS 5-Star

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Rear firewall has been sloped rearwards for a more reclined seating position.
A doubler has been installed with a corrugated core to stiffen the firewall,likewise up front.
Wheelbase has been increased 100-150mm to accommodate the larger and longer engine/tx package.
A widening of the sheetmetal to make room for the larger wheels and tire combos.The wheelwells have been raised 2-3".
Front late bumper has been dropped 1" from it's factory position and deepened 2",all in grp.
Sidemount radiators and oil coolers is the purpose of the large sidescoops,the door carrying the side intrusion cage bars.
A fixed roof and removable targa panels make the rollover structure stiff with integral tubes in the targa bar,the house lengthened.
The original spline curves have been exaggerated for a waisted curve at the doorskins and fenders,blending into the rolled rocker.
The car is painted the same colour as the '62 bug I had in the '70s,and a nice metalflake in the shade shows the curves well.
A slight recurve of the front lid's lip has been done to allow the widened fenders and bumper to fit smoothly together.
The inner fenders are unchanged as is the frunk,with the spare in place.The rear trunk's lid has been lengthened,as has the trunk behind the axle.
The sloping of the siglites has required that the lenses be lengthened for that sharper nose.
No chopping or channeling,some sectioning and stretching,hammering and planishing.
Plan 9 from Mars.

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Colour of bronze,a sort of dark copper,candy,pearl flip.
Added a small grille to manage the air under the car,redirecting to the outside rear.

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Hmmm..If he fit a bigblock into a 911,no doubt it would fit into the 914,right?
914,slightly rusted,no engine,no transaxle,no problem.500+inches of Cadillac fun.
http://www.enercalc.com/porsche/

(edit:12/16/15)
Come to think of it,I do recall skimming across it in some carmag back then.
The luggage disguise the salient point,the Castiron Caddy not so much.
I did like the HotRod approach.
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The THM325-3spd auto transmission.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=gm+thm425+tr...igB&dpr=1.5

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Amberlites,bumperlites,colourmatch matte finish on grille and bumper,rubberlike.

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Modified house,rear firewall.

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Skynoon blue metallic pearl,engine of choice option.
The nose is 4" longer,the early bumper shorter and wider.A simple grille added to make a modern face for the valance,guiding air to the path of least resistance.
A substantial widening and deepening of the longs to torsionally stiffen the chassis,room for fuel cells.
A hydraulic retention system to clamp door intrusion cages to chassis tubular structure,enhancing rigidity,not merely hanging there.

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Able to keep a fast pace,provides immense power and makes engine music.

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http://www.carbuildindex.com/35917/monster...10-engine-swap/

Yes,it fits nicely with a little fab work.Can't wasn't mentioned.
Awesome build,abundance of talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToYt0g-L3h8

In Sweden
http://rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7469...asc&start=0

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More Modern headlamps,composite bumper.Candy over heavymetalflake.

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A latemodel take on cooler scoops,circa '80.Targa has been lengthened too.Now with hood stripe.

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Standard wheelbase,widebody.

Holy crap....love the double fogs in chrome.

Is that a photo shop? Or is that a real car?

As real as any computer model can be.A slight bump in the road on my way to 914 nirvana,a glitch,meanwhile we work the design.
A little time spent on the Gimp and a new front valance becomes possible,some advantage in drag,the bottom of the car modified to guide the turbulent air out to the rear,feeding the induced wake.This rendition has had the 100-150mm wheelbase stretch,the rear fender reworked for a larger radius and height,a "fat"look.This is a ton of work,a major reconstruction of the 914 to super,not merely powerful status.A job many California speed shops would have no trouble with.
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Visual acuity.
https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome...rception+issues
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Some shades of modern paint.
Fit the Hella road phaser spots,retro `60s style.I tried to avoid the Corvair similarities.


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(edit:11/06/15)
Look what showed up in a search for "Wright Flyer"
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=19030
Beautiful work of art,glad I found it.

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Wanted a record here,anyone know the fate of this car or it's whereabouts?
I understand it was a kit(one-off) of grp panels,certainly done by a 914 enthusiast.

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Radically modded. A nice version of the 5Fuchs in 17-18"

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Major metal surgery.

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No vinyl topping.

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Slice and Fill,18 cm(7") stretch in the longs below the firewall.
The dimensions are to scale.The windscreen slope has 4* of rake.
The glass and sheetmetal is moved forward into the cowl,the post is shortened 2".

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Wider and Longer.

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A heavy cage.More work.Now with a full cage,the doors hydraulically clamped to their closely mating seats.
Integral to the perimeter of the opening,carrying race and road loads,stiff.
Note that the 'long' structure rises to the rear,deepening the long and matching the doorskin's lower edge.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TvA8cE6230


https://www.youtube.com/user/teamgunnar/videos

some linxs to music

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Latemodel nose and longer dam/grill,targa bar lengthened and dropped at rear,the A pillar is unchanged.
Some side gills to doll it up and act as vents.The targa curve has been sloped and extended.
The engine bay is 7"/180mm longer for the massive engine/tx package,the purpose of the gimpix.

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A few repairs made,more power,new tires/wheels.

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Action pose of a contender.

Love the renderings. Good vision and great to see them so lifelike.

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Needs a wing.

cool renderings good to see ya back - been awhile
back on your meds or off?
seriously love the artwork lots of work to bring it to the street tho

cjl

yah,them chems really constipated me a few weeks ago,so,I was like full of kot.

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Yeah I drew it first,then I made them.Simple.

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When I was younger,working the clay.
A repertoire of excellence.

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An abundance of these are available in South America,go get some.

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"the Red Fox has a long nose"
The snout is no longer than the factory baby bumpers.
An aero tray to direct high pressure to the rear,avoiding the (pressure) differential below the racer.
I noted this day that the builder has installed bench upholstery,likely to gain more headroom with the helmet.I might like the same treatment to shed some kilos.
A righthooker for the Cooper nose job,in extreme proportion.

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In blue,a simply formed variation to punch the air,reducing the apparent flat plate area.
Make faster with the same power.

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A chalkboard was used to express the idea.

(edit:01/21/16)

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As per drawing,5L-V12 Longitudinal.

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The actual Countach we drooled on at the show in TO,I recalled the fitment of the frunk,so I 'repaired' it in Gimp.I even like the color,new in 69.

A longitudinal mid.