Found these in an article on the 2013 Speed Weeks, no other details.
Anyone know this car?



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maybe this is the worlds lightest 914?? and problably the fastest

And look at that salt buildup underneath, so soon to be the rustiest. Well, maybe not THE rustiest. Or the fastest, either. Results (from HERE) were:

Day
8/10/13...... 00.000
8/11/13...... 86.000
8/12/13...... 95.020
8/13/13..... 106.663
8/14/13..... 108.503

Sorry, not fast at all.

2013 Bonneville Speedweek Results - USA

2013 Mike Fredman 127.793 69 Ghia 480 H/CGC 1497cc Porsche Bonneville UT
127.109 2 way avg SCTA/BNI record Jake Raby 912

2013 Bill Codding/Silacci 106.633 75 Porsche 914 984 G/BFMS 1996cc Bonneville UT
4 Audi Turbo Dual Weber
T2/4/914

2013 Dave Best/Silacci 95.020 75 Porsche 914 984 G/BFMS 1996cc Bonneville UT
4 Audi Turbo Dual Weber
T2/4/914

2013 Greg Leno/Silacci 108.503 75 Porche 914 984 G/BFMS 1996cc Bonneville UT
4 Audi Turbo Dual Weber
T2/4/914

2013 Mark Olson/Stahl 126.455 65 Bug 380 F/CAlt 2925cc Bonneville UT
Fuel Injected T2/4/914

2013 Bob Stahl 153.612 65 Bug 380 F/CAlt 2925cc Bonneville UT
Fuel Injected T2/4/914

Not lightest. It has tail lights for Christ's sakes.....

We saw them out there when we were doing our photo shoot. They were being towed back to the starting line. They were honking their horn at us. We waved but we never did hook up.



After driving on that salt, I don't think a 914 would last over 4-5 years after that. Insane amounts of salt get "everywhere".

Would be fun though.

Wow, I looked up "Silacci's Speed Shop" and found this photo of that car in 2010, with a top:



Lower photo is Lloyd Silacci, who was 90 at the time.

Description says: "Porsche 914’s of any kind are not often seen at Bonneville. This is Lloyd Silacci’s Porsche racer seen at the SCTA-BNI Speed Week in August of 2011. This car featured 4 turbos, that's right – one turbo for each cylinder. Mr. Silacci (age 90) is a veteran racer, he has been racing for quite sometime. Lloyd knows a thing or two about going fast."

Also found another photo of Petaluma in 1958, showing Silacci's Speed Shop, among other things. That means he was part of the "American Graffiti" scene. So they may not have had a good year at Bonneville, but it's still plenty cool.

I have pics on my home PC of about 4 other 914's at the "Flats". I'll post them tonight.

Why the parachute....

It goes really fast when you drop it out of an aero-plane.

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It's an Audi engine with four turbos, one for each cylinder, and I imagine it'll be a while before they get that sorted. Idea's totally improbable/impractical. No, even more than that, it's insanely ridiculous, so kudos to them for trying.