How about an indycar motor? Infinity Q45? X-Terra Supecharged? There are
lots of interesting SM2 possibilities. The 914-6 that I autocrossed was an SM2
car that had a 911 motor swap. It was fast, but the funky shifting tranny and
relatively skinny tires hurt. 914's have a similar tire clearance problem to
the Roadster. The SM2 car I drove had big flares but still could only fit
225/50/15 Hoosiers.
A side note is that a 914 isn't really a contemporary to the Roadster. It is
from a different decade. The cars built as contemporaries to the Roadster were
no where near the Roadster. In the racing series they made the Roadster
compete against 6-cyl cars because they were so dominant on the track. The
only thing that really challenged the Roadster was the 240Z. The Roadster
continued to be dominant over newer cars for many years.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Hollands <bhollan4@tampabay.rr.com>
Sent: Jun 29, 2004 8:08 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Newbie to list with questions
A good 2000 will spank a 914 on at an autocross. In fact, SCCA just
published a proposal for member content to move the 914's (1.7, 1.8, &
2.0) down from CSP to DSP. FWIW, neither car is competitive in stock
trim. The only advantage the 914 has is that it's suspension is much
more compliant over bumpy stuff. The fact remains that the 2L Roadsters
are much faster than any of their contemporaries, especially with the
solex's.
Interesting that it's brought up though as SCCA has a class called
Street Modified (SM2 actually) that I'd love to build a car for. It's a
very radical class that allows same make engine swaps among other
expensive things. The two thought's I've had for the class are either
an SR20DET powered Roadster (or a 510) or a 914 with a supercharged
3.0SC engine.
Either would be fun... Well, until you had to pay for tires.
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