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914 w/adjustable ride height? All wheel drive?

So it's Friday, and between a big lunch and a 2pm meeting I got to thinking...which is usually a dangerous thing as you shall see...

What about an adjustable ride height on a 914? This would probably be like lowering the car, then "bagging" it like a lowrider to raise/lower manually. My driveway is too steep for any sort of lowering...this could be solution. Anybody heard of this being done? (No, I don't want it to "bounce"...)

Also...ignoring the obvious problem of running a driveshaft from the mid engine to the front end, how about an all wheel drive 914? What would it take to mount a Turbo front suspension on the 914?

In an electric conversion, this may be a nice alternative...I've always thought a mid engine car would be perfect for AWD... >

Any other crazy Friday ideas out there?

-Boyo

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i think the air bag idea could be done... if the air bags were the type that went on strut assemblies/coilovers.
my idea would require putting the coilovers on the front also.
put a doughnut looking airbag between the bottom of the spring and the top of the plate that the spring rests on. run airlines to an air reservoir somewhere (WHERE!?!?), and to an electric air pump to put air back into the reservoir and bags.
where can i find info on the front strut/coilover type conversion?

MY CRAZY FRIDAY IDEA:
putting a waterjacket, radiator, turbo charger w/larger fuel delivery system, all on a 914 engine.
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oh yeah... on the mid engine all wheel drive. i think that is how the lamborghini diablo is set up.

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