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I've been looking at these a whole new way since I discovered a kit to fit a small block chevy in them...
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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they have no right to look that good
they don't look donk - which is what i was expecting...........
nice find
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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We've had the 'Four' lets have the 'Six' (916):   Mmmm, browwwwwwwnnnnnn..... ;D |
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I've been looking at these a whole new way since I discovered a kit to fit a small block chevy in them... Yep, the SBC conversion is very popular in the US but there's quite a lot of work involved. What is popular in the UK is dropping a Subaru boxer engine in. The WRX and STI lumps can be done relatively easy and cheaply and my mates bro had his converted to 916 GT spec and a Legacy 2.2 NA engine dropped in for very reasonable money. The only common problem with these conversions is the height of the sump as they are incredibly low. Add that to an already low chassis and you know what can happen. Awesome cars though. Here's a linky to the old for sale thread on VZI. I can confirm the car was sold a while ago: www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=659579 |
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The top one is a 914-6 (i.e. a 6 pot) their are bodily identical, the wide arched brown one is a 914-6 GT the race car derivative..
Personally I reckon swapping out the awesome and infinatly tunable magnesium cased flat six dry sumped porsche engine for a huge lump of American iron, is a bit of a retrograde decision, that's a lot of weight up high where there should be not a lot, down low... don't get me wrong I love an ohv yankee V8, but in there? nah...
If you were gonna do a engine transplant on one of the slightly anaemic 4 pot ones the scooby flat 4 seems the only logical choice...
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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Seth
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That looks far better than a car of its size ought to on 18s.  |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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Not meaning to sound like a buffer but, the first one, if like it says is the same car as the second one, its a 914, with a 1700cc type 4 VW engine, there were 3 sizes available, 1.7, 1.8 and 2 litres with either carbs or fuel injection.
There was also a 914-6 with the 2 litre 911 engine available for for I think 2 years from '70-72, but these are rare, outwardly the same body as the 4 cylinder cars but with 5 lug wheels and either Fuchs or Mahle "Gas Burner's"..
Then there were the 914-6 GT's, they had wide Escort mk2 style Forrest arches, with a wide array of Factory modifications, one of which was the deletion of the headlight motors!! they won their classes at Le-Mans and other races with these... My bosses Dad owns one of the Monte-Carlo GT's, although it was a 'spare car' that was constantly modified by the factory and sold off in 1975...
The brown car is a 916, of which approximately 15 were made, these are distinguished by the Fixed, body coloured top, and Finally there were 2 918's built, one of which had 4 headlamps...
Anyway, nice find, they have a lot of potential, and are just starting to creep up in value....
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A 914 doesn't deserve to look that amazing on 18s! I honestly thought it would look terrible. But that just oozes style in the spades!
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judgie
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the 4 pot motor can be tweeked to make some decent power, how does 400bhp sound? pretty simple to do with a turbo and efi.
stick a chevy v8 in there would ruin what is a very well balanced car, plus you will have to ruin the lines of the car trying to get the rad and air flow to the rad.
stateside tuning run a 914 with a tuned 2 ltr in it that makes 170 odd bhp flywheel and thats been a very competive hscc race car.
one of them is on my list of cars to own.
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Aug 10, 2011 10:16:30 GMT
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square wheel arches working their massive rim taking abilities again.
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Aug 10, 2011 12:09:28 GMT
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Not meaning to sound like a buffer but, the first one, if like it says is the same car as the second one, its a 914 That's why I called it a 914 (6) not a 914-6. It's a 914 that someone stuffed an '87 Carrera lump in. It's also very cool. |
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Aug 10, 2011 17:09:19 GMT
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Funny enough, I haven't seen one of these in the flesh for quite a few years (I cant actually remember the last time I did see one?) but look what I spotted this morning in a remote part of Shropshire:    "Yeah, I've had it for 10 years and NO, it's not for sale. It's a keeper." Didn't stop me from drooling all over the lovely clean bodywork. They are such a lovely design in an awkward kind of way. (if you know what I mean?) Mega amounts of wantage! |
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Aug 10, 2011 18:11:39 GMT
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Oooff 914s are beyond cool!
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