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Originally Posted by winders
Sought after? By whom? The only sought after 914 has a VIN that starts with "914".
They had respect on the race track 15 to 20 years ago but not so much any more. And that was only if they had a big 6 cylinder in them....
Scott
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Guess you haven't been to the autocross track much. And yes, mods like the 6 do help a lot, but a hot rod 4 will do pretty good as will a 912. It's all relative; take a car from the 914 era off the showroom floor and it will perform like a stock version of the 70's. Do some of the bolt on mods available today and the car will run the track much better.
At Porsche events a 914 is usually TTOD. They are highly modified going up against highly modified 911s and more. Really, front engine, rear engine or mid engine? You choose. If a Boxster was 800 lbs lighter and about the weight of a stock 914, it would be so fast it would rip your eyeballs out.
I raced a bone stock Boxster S with a student driver and instructor aboard in my '71 911 S on race tires at Willow during a DE. I say I raced, but it was a DE with limited passing zones. He was going to get me eventually as soon as he smoothed out his lines. And that was 180 HP in a 2400 # car against 230 HP in a 3000 # car. Almost identical HP to weight ratios.