For the first time i have been given free reign to do what I want on a 914. It is possible because it is for my dad. After trying to get himn to tell me what he wants in the end he said "I'll leave it up to you, you're a lot better with this stuff than I am" So I have deviated slightly from my original plan to this.

I have actually considerd this in the past. I do a fair amount of work on Jeeps and to give you an idea, a CJ-7 wheelbase is 95 inches and a 914 wheelbase is 94.5. You do the math

wow- that would be a shame...

Hey man- -you trying to copy me or something???

J/K--

QUOTE (jwalters @ Mar 19 2005, 03:46 PM)

Hey man- -you trying to copy me or something??? J/K--

Yeah I actually have been trying to figure out how you raised yours!!

think it would still handle good raised up w/ some super swampers?

QUOTE (xsboost90 @ Mar 19 2005, 04:20 PM)

think it would still handle good raised up w/ some super swampers?

He'll be prepared the next time a hurricane rolls through and the trees are laying across the road!

If you do that just enter it in the monster truck jam when they let the street leagle cars and trucks race around the jumps.

Make it a rock crawler Those beer and brat guys are mch more friendly than the wine and cheese crowd

Time to move OUT of Virgina, boy

Isn't there a guy down in Florida doing something similar to his car? I think he calls it Black Sabbath, or something.

You should do yours in white (call it Whitesnake), and then you could have a Good vs. Evil or Spy vs. Spy thing going on.

QUOTE (scotty b @ Mar 19 2005, 04:23 PM)

"I'll leave it up to you, you're a lot better with this stuff than I am"

It is ideas like this that keeps most dads from saying such things to their sons.

8-bolt wheels from a 3/4 ton truck? Don't like the rims but agree with the tire choice. Run those T/A's on my big block Suburban; very quiet and smooth riding tires and not bad in the rain. Original Equipment on the H-2, though in a larger size. One suggestion, open the wheel wells to fit the rubber

Ron

I honestly do not know how mine got so tall--and it has 1 1/2 inch lowered coils on the back--- Gonna have to do some cuttin--hopefully when I get the rest of the weight on it, it will go back to normal--

QUOTE (Rgreen914 @ Mar 20 2005, 05:24 PM)

8-bolt wheels from a 3/4 ton truck? Don't like the rims but agree with the tire choice. Run those T/A's on my big block Suburban; very quiet and smooth riding tires and not bad in the rain. Original Equipment on the H-2, though in a larger size. One suggestion, open the wheel wells to fit the rubber Ron

'85 3/4 ton Suburban actually. I don't own no stinkin ""trucks" Whitesnake might just work...or White Lion!!

QUOTE (jwalters @ Mar 20 2005, 05:35 PM)

I honestly do not know how mine got so tall--and it has 1 1/2 inch lowered coils on the back--- Gonna have to do some cuttin--hopefully when I get the rest of the weight on it, it will go back to normal--

You know that if you put lowerd springs on upside down it actually raises right?

i wish you were serious. i'd love to do that to a 914 and then run the baja 500!

QUOTE (nebreitling @ Mar 20 2005, 06:41 PM)

i wish you were serious. i'd love to do that to a 914 and then run the baja 500!

They raced 914's in the Baja 500 in the '70's. And there are more Porsche 4's and 6's used today than you could count.

QUOTE (nebreitling @ Mar 20 2005, 06:41 PM)

i wish you were serious. i'd love to do that to a 914 and then run the baja 500!

I'm obviously NOT doing this to his car but as I said, I HAVE considerd it. I'd love to roll out at Hatteras with the top off, rods mounted to the rollbar and nail it just to see the expressions I do enough Jeep work I can always find a donor CJ to use. It would definitly be Jeep frame and drivetrain with a 914 body. But just think about it

QUOTE (scotty b @ Mar 20 2005, 09:39 PM)

QUOTE (jwalters @ Mar 20 2005, 05:35 PM)  I honestly do not know how mine got so tall--and it has 1 1/2 inch lowered coils on the back---   Gonna have to do some cuttin--hopefully when I get the rest of the weight on it, it will go back to normal-- You know that if you put lowerd springs on upside down it actually raises right?