QUOTE(technicalninja @ Apr 15 2023, 05:08 PM)
The reason nitrous has a bad reputation is because folks don't understand all of the ramifications of using it and if a 100 hp shot feels great then a 150 hp shot should be that much better...
It breaks shit with too much nitrous too soon.
What you just laid out is the essence of the American hot rodder.
I’m going to keep saying this - regardless of what you do to hot rod a 914, a 16 year old in a Tesla is still going to lay waste to you in the 1/4 mile or stop light to stop light. . So to the OPs original question, I humbly suggest that any potential hot rodder needs to really think about what it is that’s trying to be accomplished.
I’ve been around the racing and hot rodding scene long enough to keep seeing the same things over and over. Very few consider the system implications of what they are doing.
If you’re lucky, the first thing to let go will be the clutch. They are cheap and easy to replace. Then they get the bright idea that what is needed is the “Stage 3” kit from We Go Fast Racing Inc. or whoever is promising their clutch and pressure plate is the greatest on the planet.
Next thing you know, axles, drive shaft U joints or whatever becomes the next fuse. So predictably, they upgrade the driveline to super Chro-Mo go fast parts.
Eventually they break the pinion or teeth start breaking off the ring gear.
Once the driveline is beefed up, then the engine failures start in earnest, bent rods, cracking crankshafts. Good times.
Sometimes the order of the failures is swapped around depending on where the weak links in the vehicle are. Regardless, the same general song and dance occurs.
It usually only ends after they now have $20k or more “invested” into what started as a $10k car. Usually at that point they are tired, broke, and sell the car.