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914 on 9/14

submitted by SocksOnCats to pics 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 13:36:12 ago (+24/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

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Sometimes I really miss that car.


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[ - ] lord_nougat 3 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 14:07:04 ago (+3/-0)

Same engine they put in the VW Westfalia bus and weighed next to nothing. Best go-kart EVER!

I always meant to get one of my own, but they were so cheap for so long that I kept putting it off. They're not cheap now.

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 18:09:20 ago (+1/-0)

I think it was the first factory car which could corner at over 1g without modifications. And the 2.0L engine they had was no slouch.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 18:20:19 ago (+1/-0)

That powertrain had astounding potential for hotrodding, too; I can tell you firsthand. Pretty easy to work on for what it is, too. That engine started my love affair with German machines, I believe.

[ - ] Laputois 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 19:15:15 ago (+1/-0)

I installed 103mm pistons, larger valves, ported and polished the head with dual spring high ratio rocker arms and a set of dual 44idf webers. It made some serious power on mine. I had two oif them, had to sell the wife's when we had the second kid.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 19:25:04 ago (+1/-0)

Holy shit, man. Deja vu!

And with all that added power, we broke a transmission twice, so I bought a really beefed up 'racing' transmission for the thing for $800 - can you imagine getting a brand new transmission for a price like that these days?! And we installed it the next day; it think it took us 3 hours or so [we had already taken out and put back in enough times already to know each step practically by heart!] We had those same carbs, too. My buddy grouses on and on about what a pain they were to sync up, but as I recall I did that for him, like most of the things that got done, because I was the "real" mechanic...

Don't think we ported the heads, though, dangit. That would have been nice. Hardly anybody thought to do that yet back in the 80s, at least in our social circle.

[ - ] Laputois 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 20:06:12 ago (+1/-0)

I had to install a feramic clutch. I found it at JC Whitney of all places. 215mm if I remember correctly.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 20:13:36 ago (+1/-0)

My buddy bought the fancy clutch for the thing when we installed that new tranny, so I don't know the specs on that, but it was grabby and excellent and never wore out again after that point, so it was something good.

He regrets selling it now, but he has Porches in both of his garages, so he can shut his yap!

[ - ] Laputois 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 20:32:27 ago (+1/-0)

I moved on to buses. Had a 70 micro, a 77 westy an 82 vanagon 7 passenger, an 85 weekender, and my last and final 91 GL with a 1.8t transplant

[ - ] Wahaha 3 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 14:32:44 ago (+3/-0)

I too remember when cars looked classy.

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 2 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 15:31:14 ago (+2/-0)

Heh. That's the first time I've ever heard a 914 referred to as 'classy'. But I guess these days it does apply.

Back when I got that car, most people thought of it as a trashy POS - especially "real Porsche" snobs. But, then I'd go and pass them on the twisty roads and show them what a well-balanced car (and a good driver) can do.

[ - ] bobdole9 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 15:39:41 ago (+1/-0)

Assuming California, the mountain roads around LA would be a blast in that.

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 2 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 16:54:52 ago (+2/-0)

Did that. My favorite is the road up and down Mt. Baldy. Drove all over CA in that damn car. And Oregon. Highway 1 all the way from LA to Leggett and then up 101. Could literally pass motorcycles around tight turns.

[ - ] bobdole9 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 17:07:15 ago (+0/-0)

I've had my doors blown off by some of the ricers running around the Santa Monica mountains. Lived in Ventura County, but close enough to Malibu to see a bunch of big ass mansions.

No matter how good of a driver, a Ford Fusion is not as nimble as others.

[ - ] Boardallday3 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 15:00:34 ago (+1/-0)

That thing is sweet.

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 15:28:32 ago (+0/-0)

Thanks! I enjoyed the fuck out of it when I had it.

[ - ] songy 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 15:53:03 ago (+1/-0)

what are those protrusions on the bumpers? Ugly as sin

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 2 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 16:57:05 ago (+2/-0)

California bumpers. I actually liked having them. The car was so small people wouldn't see it backing up. Those bumpers saved me a lot of headache. And I didn't mind the look. Everyone has their own thing.

[ - ] ThisGuy 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 18:05:52 ago (+1/-0)

Bend over and I'll show you.

[ - ] Laputois 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 19:17:44 ago (+1/-0)

1974 regulations.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 19:26:49 ago (+1/-0)

A big part of why the '64 Triumph Spitfire looked so much better than the '74 Spitfire!

...but I digress.

[ - ] PearofAnguishJuniorManager 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 16:18:04 ago (+0/-0)

Those things, I dunno. They weren’t hard, you could squeeze them a bit. They weren’t rubber. You could buff them up with Armor All, till they sparkled. Bumperettes, I guess. I put a Rayco kit on my 914 which got rid of the bumperettes. I wasn’t a fan of those things.

[ - ] PearofAnguishJuniorManager 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 16:11:15 ago (+0/-0)

I had a 914 ‘Bumblebee’ in 1984. I bought it for racing. I was still in high school; I worked delivering pizzas, as a lane attendant at a bowling alley, a video tape rental store clerk, and I cut lawns.

It was like a go cart in handling, but with power. Great little racer.

A tree fell on it. The top of a pine tree broke off and destroyed it, in my driveway.

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 16:56:09 ago (+0/-0)

Oh no! So sorry you had to endure the tree. Wonderful little cars though.

[ - ] ThisGuy 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 18:03:50 ago (+0/-0)

A new base Corolla is superior in every way. But I get it. My first car was a 1988 Mustang GT 5 speed. A Chevy Equinox 4 cylinder could wax it in a stoplight race but it's too sterile. The old cars had soul, they had theater. A Tesla is superior in almost every way too but it's like a microwave. It's an appliance. Would you rather have a microwaved turkey in 15 min or would you rather have a smoked turkey that took 12 hours? EV's should be in their own category in motorsports. Yes, the Tesla wins. Now let's get back to racing.

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 1 point 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 18:08:24 ago (+1/-0)

I think the 914 was the first factory car what could corner at over 1g without modifications. Are there cars now - unmodified - which can do that (with exception for the supercars)? Can a new base Corolla corner at over 1g? I honestly don't know - been out of touch with the car markets for some time.

[ - ] ThisGuy 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 18:21:23 ago (+0/-0)

Maybe not the BASE Corolla but the GR can. A 3 cylinder with 300HP. That's impressive. I don't care who you are. And today out of the blue, literally all of the car youtubers I watch dropped a video about the GR Corolla. Ugly as fuck but its got some performance chops. I would still rather have a Focus RS.

[ - ] Crackinjokes 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 19:35:01 ago (+0/-0)

Jay Leno's garage just did a video on the 914 6

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 20:24:37 ago (+0/-0)

The 914/6 was a great car. Porsche should have kept going with those. The 916 was truly awesome.

I had a chance to drive a 914 what had a 911sc 3.0L engine wedged in it. Now THAT was a car. Also got to ride in a 914 what a guy put a 327 in. Way fast, but I couldn't get over how he mutilated the car.

[ - ] Laputois 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 15, 2022 08:55:44 ago (+0/-0)*

The popular V8 swap was an aluminum V8 from a Buick a 215 I believe. Had a guy that had stuffed a small block chevy V8 in his , he was running a local european speed shop and had heard about my 2.5L. He sent out word he wanted to challenge me to a race. I showed up at his place on a Satuday, and he was running his mouth among his gaggle so I said sure, I pick xxx road which had some 90 degree hair-pin turns, very curvy two lane. His face fell, he wanted to quarter mile . I told him in front of his clients/admirers that he had ruined his car, I would cream him on a saloom and if I wanted to blow him away in the quarter I would borrow my BIL 427 corvette.

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 15, 2022 12:10:05 ago (+0/-0)

Haha! 1/4 mile in a Porsche? What’s the point of that? Dude totally misunderstands the car.

[ - ] NationalSocialism 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 14, 2022 23:09:41 ago (+0/-0)

0-60 mph time was in the 12 to 14 second range

Was it really this slow?

[ - ] SocksOnCats [op] 0 points 2.6 yearsSep 15, 2022 00:30:17 ago (+0/-0)

Not even. I seem to remember 8-9 seconds with the 2.0L engine.