916

[donporfi]

What were the differences between a 914-6 and the 916 ?
I know the 916 has a complete roof but are there more differences ?
Has somebody built a weldable rooftop to mimic a 916 ?
I think a complete roof would make a stiffer chassis.

[jess p]

The 916 as you know is a prototype. George hussey of automobile alanta iin
Marietta Georgia has one. He wrote about it,the differences are many.

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

There are one or two people who have made steel roof panels after the fiberglass panel and welded them on. One guy made a roof panel out of a 944 roof section, so it had the sunroof built in. Neat looking car. Having a complete roof does make for a stiffer chassis.

The 916 had fender flares and the fiberglass 916 front and rear bumpers as well as the steel roof. They used either 2.4 S-spec 911 engines, or 2.7 RS-spec ones. All used a version of the 915 transmission (from the 72-86 911) converted to side-shift. I do not remember which brakes they used; I am guessing they were the aluminum "S" brakes but that really is a guess. The interiors were mostly standard 914 but generally in leather and cloth rather than vinyl.

At least one had air conditioning fitted; the firewall behind the driver's seat was modified to make room for the compressor.

--DD

[carr914]

The 916's were built on Regular 914 Chassis and then modifactions done

A Steel Roof is definately Stiffer

[racer]

iirc, 6x15 front and 7x15 rear fuchs with 185/70 front and 215/60 rear tires. yes, aluminum "S" calipers up front. I *think* they also ran thin spacers to widen the track and fill out the flares a bit better than it would ahve been otherwise.

[donporfi]

6 and 7 ? I think those are too narrow for those flares.
Thanks for your answers.

[Gustl]

in fact, the 916 originally had 185/70 15 on 7x15 Fuchs all around
spacers on all wheels

[racer]

Indeed Gustl.. my mistake.. confused the '73 RS base tire package with the 916. Telling of the times that a 185 was still considered "wide" and a 215 was "really wide" back then

[Alex5]

Here are photos of the real deal 916 that George has in Atlanta.

[Alex5]

I do think the car looks amazing with wider rubber like this Euro 916 is shown.

[larrym]

the porsche engine in 1972 was a 2.4 - with versions for TES & RS

car at this link below was built at the factory on a fresh body shell by Wolfgang Dworazik, over the winter of '71-'72, an insider with access to the prototype parts bin

larrym's Garage :: Sixer

it was originally built with a 2.4RS engine and still has the dual ignition wiring and CD boxes in it, and it had dual low-pressure rotary fuel pumps

an interesting variation here is that it has a removable top that is smooth fiberglass, about 1.5mm thicker than a std 914 top, weighs about 9 lbs more and has aluminum reinforcement bars embedded all around the perimeter - probably a prototype that was "discarded" in favor of the eventual steel top

the front & rear "bumpers" are hand-laid fiberglass, and fairly thick; no chopper gun molds involved; also note the flared steel rocker panels that match the fender flares

anyone who wants to come to inspect the car for ideas and details is welcome to do so - it's stored in the Sacramento area

LarryM