Wow... I stand corrected on the 914 deal. I had read the thing about the
Porsche crest in
a magazine article way back. Thanks guys.
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
aryasura wrote:
> 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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