http://www.nordstern.org/Tech/techQuiz93/techQuiz93_Toc.html

If my memory is correct.

DD (Dave Darling) is the GOD at these questions..

Hey DD, You there????

Any remarks for this test???

Clayton

I remember that being linked to from the DGI.NET 914 club page long ago...

Some of the questions are tricky... Did you want explanations about the answers or something?

(In several cases, the explanation was "Not on the Sixes!")

--DD

I so want to write a one liner right now..

SHUDDDUP CLAYTON.......

Here are some of the trivia questions I put together for the SEC a few weeks ago.

-How did porsche change the temperature guage from the 911 when putting it in the 914-6?
-What was the OTHER mid engine VW-Porsche (passenger) car collaboration?
-What was the OTHER OTHER mid-engined VW-Porsche (racing) car collaboration?
-What products were also designed by the designer of the original 914 shape?
-How did Corvette designer ZoraArkus-Duntov use a 914 for General Motors?

Wow, Scott--those are some pretty good (tough) ones!

For the 2nd question, do one-off cars count?

--DD

yeah, all cars count (that is a pretty big hint I was trying to avoid)

I didn't know a 912 had 12 cylinders.
Mark D.

umm....
only if it is carrying a v-8 in the trunk.

actually the 917 motor is called a 912

the car the 912, had a 616 motor

Ok. A-aron, you and Sir Andy prolly know the answers.

I recall now the 912 engine designation, but why did that come up here? Did I miss something again? 917, uh, where was that engine? hmmmm...?

a 912 has 12 cylindets... ala 917 car had a 12cylinder motor

anyone remember the designation on the flat 16 prototype?

AA

Are you ready for the answers?

-How did porsche change the temperature guage from the 911 when putting it in the 914-6?
-What was the OTHER mid engine VW-Porsche (passenger) car collaboration?
-What was the OTHER OTHER mid-engined VW-Porsche (racing) car collaboration?
-What products were also designed by the designer of the original 914 shape?
-How did Corvette designer ZoraArkus-Duntov use a 914 for General Motors?

Since I know none of them, I'm ready!

I have some vague idea about #1, but I'm not certain myself. I'd have to look at some sources to tell, and that's kinda cheating.

We've already dropped a big hint about #2--it's a one-off car.

I'm not sure about #3, though if "badge engineering" is counted, I know of at least one.

#4 has lots of answers, depending on who you count as the designer of the original 914 shape. There is considerable debate about exactly who did that.

The answer to #5 has been posted on this BBS, but it was a couple of years ago or more. The phrase "Rorty little runner" was applied to the particular experiment.

--DD

Sorry to leave this post hanging-
All this came from "Excellence was Expected"

-How did Porsche change the temperature guage from the 911 when putting it in the 914-6?
A: Raised red zone 10 degrees to "compensate" for hotter running.

-What was the OTHER mid engine VW-Porsche (passenger) car collaboration?
A: EA 266, Designed by Porsche in 1968 for VW to sell above the Beetle. It was a never produced two door sedan with an inline water-cooled four cylinder under the rear seat (as part of an abandoned plan to make all VWs mid/rear-engined).

-What was the OTHER OTHER mid-engined VW-Porsche (racing) car collaboration?
The 917. What? Yes, VW paid 2/3 of the overall cost of the 917 development.

-What products were also designed by the designer of the original 914 shape?
A: Gugelot proposed the selected body shape. They also designed
Sewing Machines for Pfaff, slide projectors for Kodak, and small appliances for Braun.

-How did Corvette designer ZoraArkus-Duntov use a 914 for General Motors?
A: He was part of the team that designed built a 914 based, Pininfarina bodied, rotary engined concept from 1971 to 1973.