Alien Info Because you Asked.

[rich]

I was asked about my 914/928 project. I may have posted info before but I can't find the thread.

Anywho, The car was rumored to have been the result of an Alien abduction back in 2004 at a place called Area51Werks. Here's a link to a build thread on the 914World site if I'm allowed to post it. Be prepared. The thread is 29 pages and spans several years.

914World.com - A Porsche 914 Community / Forum / Club

Currently I have a 5.0 Hybrid engine in it. I have a weird oil issue now that I'm hoping is a either a pressure relief valve or a loose pickup tube. I am going to have my oil check by a lab I work with to see if there is metal in the filter. If I can rule out the metal I will check the external possibilities. Otherwise, it comes apart again...

[JhwShark]

Rich,

Just scratching the surface of your voyage...wow! One quote stood out so far:

For me I love the look of that huge alien tarantula breeding with that wild looking V8!
It's savage and carnal! Primal! The pulsing idle, the screaming revs as the fuel squirts in through the injectors and fills the cylinders!

GREAT STUFF!

[rich]

Ya, kind of Savage and Raw! The 928 engine is brutal and refined in the same way. Like a pack of wild dogs barking and foaming at the mouth while wearing tuxedos.

[JhwShark]

Did I read correctly...Euro 300hp??

SWEET! and what a note out of the tail...

[rich]

Started as a 4.7 M28/11 300 hp morphed into a 5.0 Hybrid 350+ I guess..

[JK McDonald]

Hey Rich, What could have possibly persuaded you to install a 928 engine into a 914 ? Man, that thing should be in a Porsche Museum somewhere. One of the primary design advantages of owning a 914 was the incredible 50/50 weight distribution with the center mounted flat 4 cylinder engine. If you up the weight to a 914 flat 6, it was only considered manageable with a substantial suspension, brake and wheel/tire upgrade. For any serious 914/6 track application Porsche would bolt large blocks of lead in each front corner to balance out the weight of the larger engine. In 1969, Ferdinand Piech actually designed an exceptional 300 horsepower flat 8 cylinder for their racing team that was installed into a 914 test chassis. It had tremendous straight line performance but the weight distribution in this short wheel base application was just too far out of whack.

Speaking of an alien V8 mid-engine hybrid - I once reluctantly helped install a Chevy small block into a customized Corvair project. All I can say is that with the same time, grief and money dumped into that Frankenstein you could have built and launched the space shuttle. The installation inverted the transaxle and mounted the V8 facing forward inside the car. Although it looked aggressive, it was a terrifying experience trying to negotiate a curve at speed because the center of gravity was somewhere above the roof of the car...

Your 914/928 proves the old adage - with enough persistence you can install any power plant into anything .....

Michael

[rich]

I use to drag race a Big Block 66 Chevelle 2 dr sedan and build many hot rods. Lots of guys install chevy engines in Porsches. Quite frankly from my roots that would have been a natual progression. But my thought about this car particularly was it's a Porsche and I wanted to keep it all Porsche.
I did some consulting and built some one off parts for a 928 fibre glas roadster. During my time working on the car I really fell for the look of the 928 engine. I took some measurements but it was clear the 928 was far too big to simply bolt in. After doing some research and being told many times "it will never fit or work" I decided to purchase an engine and build the car.

I made a custom roll bar for this car. It's 1 1/2 DOM I had to make a radius Die to bend a long arch. The bar then had sheet metal welded to it to make a wing shape then it was covered in tan leather,

[Pete R]

man, a couple years ago I had an old 928 motor and there was a 914 up the road for sale cheap. If I had known that the motor would actually fit I may have tried it myself... oh, I would have given up half way through, but I would have tried.
I'd love to see people faces when your sitting at a 914 convention and fire that thing up,must be fun.

[JK McDonald]

Hey Rich, Great looking car and obviously very well done. Nice color combination as well. We can only imagine how much expertise it took to shoehorn a 928 engine into a 914.

Did you fit one of those semi-porous type wind nets under your roll bar to cut down on the “convertible blow back” air currents ? I once had an old 911 cabriolet that used to always part your hair in the very back of your head. My wife sometimes didn’t like to ride in the thing until I installed one of those mesh wind barriers across the headrests. Afterward the convertible was her favorite car in the summer.

Michael