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Feb 17, 2015 | 03:38 PM

#26

midnight mechanic

acdelco d1906 Nkg 49034

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From: huntsville

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Originally Posted by Natey

I don't mean to be argumentative, but that's a pic of a bone stock 914/6 GT. Porsche killed the 914/6 because it was quicker than the 911 and that's a no-no...for the same reason we'll never see a turbocharged Cayman.

I hear ya, though. A 1.7l 914 isn't anything to go drag racing in. I think they had like 80hp.
Unless it was autocrossing or a really tight track, I can definitely see how an SA would turn a quicker lap time.

Yes, given a tight enough track, a 914 would kill everything. In my wilder days, I was chased down by a Trans Am, and a sedan on the free way. They tried to box me in. I hit the brakes, the t/a slammed into the sedan, and I escaped to an off ramp doing about 70 mph. Saw another car spin out while trying to keep up with me on the turn. Back then t/a's could out accelerate a ferrari. But the only thing that could out stop a 914 was a fiat x 1/9. And only a triumph could out turn it.

My stock rx-7 fb has way more acceleration than my 914 1.8. On ice, you would want a 914. Does anyone know if on ice, when you brake, do you go faster? It sure seems that way.

Feb 17, 2015 | 05:40 PM

#27

wankel=awesome

carb whisperer

Joined: Jan 2008

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From: Greenfield, Ohio

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Originally Posted by j9fd3s

that is more because of the noise limit than anything else, a nearly stock FD will run in the mid 1:40's with a good driver.

thats a good point. Its been close to 10 years since I had seat time now. I had totally forgotten about the DB limitations!

I can actually recall talking to E prod. drivers who intentionally babied their BP's or PP's (i cant remember which) around certain corners at Akron just so they didnt get DQ'd haha.