30 Jul
2001
30 Jul
'01
12:08 p.m.
Another T2 driver (and former 914 owner) chimes in... Most people don't,
but Porsche certainly felt that they were. I have a book titled "The
Racing Porsches" that was published with the assistance of Porsche GmBH
and clear at the end of the 901, 904, 906, 936, 962, Bergspyder, etc.
line on the cover photo are a pair of 914s. IMHO, the best handling
Porsche ever built.
Jim
Chris Kennedy wrote:
Ethan Dicks wrote:
I have a couple later Type IIs, one 1975 and one
1976 Microbus. They use
the same engine as a Porche 914, but, OTOH, I have heard the 914 decried
as not a "true" Porche.
Is that the 356-derived engine rather than the "standard" VW engine?
It's true, most people don't think of 914's as "real" Porsches,
except in
the 2.7 and 916 variants, which used 911 engines. I'm obviously
guilty of that, since I didn't even consider the 914 (or the 924, for
that matter) when I composed my original reply :-(
Then again, if it's got liquid cooling in more than its heads I don't
tend to think of it as a "real" Porsche...
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Chris Kennedy
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