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Re: Fun with 914's

To: sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fun with 914's
From: aryasura <aryasu19@idt.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:43:39 -0400 (EDT)
Yes... and the steering wheel has the porsche crest...at least mine did...

-ed

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, sidney raper wrote:

> Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the Porsche crest appear on the 
> hubcaps?  At any rate, a properly built 914-4 will blow the doors off of a 
> stock 914-6.  I didn't believe it until I saw it.  There was a guy in 
> Augusta Georgia that autocrossed a 914-4.  He had the motor updated (bored, 
> webers, headers, cam, etc.) and he dominated the local scene.  The next 
> nearest car was a Fiat X1/9.  It was VERY competitive as well.  This guy did 
> so well that the Porsche club in Atlanta sent a ringer down to compete - a 
> VERY nice (and very fast) 914-6.  The 914-4 ate his lunch.  The -6 did edge 
> out the Fiat, so it was definately competitive as well.  This was not 
> isolated either.  The same thing happened when the autocross was held on 
> Roebling Road in Savannah.
> 
> Oh yeah, one other thing to mention.  The -4 did NOT have box flares.  All 
> that he did was roll an aluminum baseball bat inside the wheelwells to ease 
> the lip.  He was running narrow tires (the widest that he could fit) so it 
> was not an issue of him having a stormer that was purpose built.  The car 
> was also his daily driver.......
> 
> Sid
> 
> 
> >From: svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com
> >Reply-To: svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com
> >To: CalSpeed@aol.com
> >CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: Fun with 914's
> >Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:06:55 -0700
> >
> >Aahh, come on Calspeed - pick on someone your own size.
> >
> >The 914 is a Volkswagen, they only marketed it as a Porsche because they 
> >didn't think that
> >anyone would believe a sports car from VW at the time. If you check one out 
> >you'll notice
> >that nowhere on the car does the Porsche crest appear, just the word 
> >"Porsche". That was
> >Porsche's way of maintaining their pride after being forced to sell the car 
> >on the same
> >dealership floors as the 911! Now, the 914-6 is a different matter, as Marc 
> >brings up in
> >his reply - it had the famous flat-6 power and was a force to be reckoned 
> >with.
> >
> >Gary McCormick
> >San Jose, CA
> >
> >CalSpeed@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Today I had the pleasure of blowing away a 914 Porsche.  I was cruising 
> >along
> > > Hwy 1 when I slowly came upon a yellow 914.  As I cruised along side of 
> >him
> > > at a non-aggressive distance he suddenly decided to hit the gas.  
> >Okay... I
> > > am guilty because I followed suit until traffic built up again.
> > >
> > > When it cleared he did it again but this time I threw it into 4th and 
> >made
> > > mush out of that guy.  He wasnt laughing with his girl anymore.
> > >
> > > This seems to happen alot lately.  Do you think it is because of the
> > > meatballs and the number 67 on the doors?  ;>)
> > >
> > > Bring it on baby!
> > >
> > > Calspeed
> >
> 
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