"lonestranger" (lonestranger)
09/07/2013 at 13:36 • Filed to: npocp, porsche, lol
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"lonestranger" (lonestranger)
09/07/2013 at 13:36 • Filed to: npocp, porsche, lol | 1
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I was performing my semi-weekly "browse ebay for Porsches I don't intend to buy" , this time focusing on 914s. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has ditched the VW flat-four for a Chevy small block V8. Fine enough, if not my cup of tea. Things get weird, though, when you hear the seller's horsepower claim: approximately 500 HP. From a mildly warmed-over 350:
The previous owner (2. owner) was an aviation person with lot of knowledge who decided to put some power in the car. hew fly with plane and
professional aircraft mechanic. His good friend of his was a Drag race Engine specialist who built the engine for the car. The car was built end of 70 es.
So, it's a 70's 350, stock block, stock iron heads, low-rise aluminum intake, single Holley 4-barrel with an electric choke (so we know it's not a race carb), a shorty air cleaner, and headers. I'll assume it has an upgraded cam, but nothing too wild. It'd be doing well if it made close to 300 HP. There's no way that it could get near enough air in and out of it to produce 350-400 HP, let alone 500 HP.
But, the seller does give us this gem:
The car has 5 peed transmission with ( no 1 gear because of the tomuch tork)
LOL.
Anyway, if you're now itching for a nice 914 from someone who looks like they know cars, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :
pdthedeuce
> lonestranger
09/07/2013 at 13:38 |
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smog era 350, iron heads , low rise intake...lucky if it has 250 hp.
real lucky .
dogisbadob
> lonestranger
09/07/2013 at 13:42 |
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The 914 is my favorite Porsche.
BeaterGT
> lonestranger
09/07/2013 at 13:44 |
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Guess my 94 Z is sporting around 600, good to know
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dogisbadob
> pdthedeuce
09/07/2013 at 13:45 |
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Which is still m0re than 3x what the original engine had! So even if the 500 hp claim is horseshit, that's OK since it only had 80 to begin with. And the car is so light that 200 hp is more than enough, even starting in second!
That said, I'd rather see an updated Porsche or Subaru boxer in there rather than an SBC. Plus, the shitty transmission, don';t buy someone's project. They're just dumping it because they know they fucked it up.
I like the 914.
Blondude
> lonestranger
09/07/2013 at 13:47 |
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The car has 5 peed transmission with ( no 1 gear because of the tomuch tork)
This is making the Grammar Nazi in me go crazy!
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pdthedeuce
> dogisbadob
09/07/2013 at 13:51 |
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oh I agree , I kinda dig 'em myself , i'm just calling the owner a liar without him knowing, so it really doesn't matter.
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lonestranger
> dogisbadob
09/07/2013 at 13:54 |
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The first Porsche I ever drove (around a parking lot in '95) was a tired 914.
Barbarian772
> lonestranger
09/07/2013 at 13:58 |
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Does "tomuch tork" mean "too much torque"??
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lonestranger
> Barbarian772
09/07/2013 at 14:00 |
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Yes. Because race car.
feather-throttle-not-hair
> lonestranger
09/07/2013 at 14:48 |
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Whatever bro, by buddies civic makes over 600hp with just an intake a header and a exhaust.
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lonestranger
> dogisbadob
09/07/2013 at 15:21 |
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Yeah, don't get me wrong either. I'm sure it really gets up and goes with the small block, even if the HP claim is complete fantasy.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> dogisbadob
09/07/2013 at 16:00 |
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Say, now there's a crazy idea - shoehorn a boxer from an FR-S in there. Surely out there, there must be a wrecked FR-S already.
Slave2anMG
> Blondude
09/07/2013 at 17:27 |
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I don't have one that says Grammar Police....
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pdthedeuce
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/07/2013 at 17:53 |
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why not a turbo WRX motor ?
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dogisbadob
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/07/2013 at 18:01 |
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People already put turbo boxers with much more power, but of course nothing wrong with the FA though.
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> dogisbadob
09/09/2013 at 16:04 |
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I'd think the 150-ish hp from a NA boxer would do fine, especially given the weight (or lack thereof).
When I lived in Calgary, I commuted on bike and almost every day passed a 914. They do look like a fun little car.
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> pdthedeuce
09/09/2013 at 16:06 |
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I suppose it could be done, but it might spoil the car a bit. There is something to be said about the way the FR-S is set up. It's got enough get-up-and-go to be fun, but not enough to wrap yourself around a tree unless you really try. When thinking about a car like the 914, I think 'fun spirited', not 'rally monster'.