Porsche 914-8?

There is actually a factory 914 with an eight cylinder engine. I saw it at the Porsche factory museum. I think a total of 3 were built. Pretty cool

 

which V8? 928 engine, race motor, purpose built, etc.

the small-block Chevy V8 conversion is not that uncommon btw...

 

flat 8 only 2 built one for Mr Piech and the other for Mr Porsche (60th b/d present)

 

The 2 factory 914/8 cars had 908 engines in them. The orange one had the full race MFI engine, and the grey one had carbs and was de-tuned for street duty.

There are many a SBC V8 conversions out there...but there are 3 with 928 motors in them, two in Europe (with altered wheelbases or firewalls) and one in Minn.
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thanks for the info! fun little bit of Porsche history/trivia.

 

interesting that the orange car pictured has twin headlights - is that the factory car ?

 

The 914-6's are starting to be sought after, so hopefully the Craiglist car didn't ruin a good one.

Actually even the un-rusted 914-4's are cool cars these days.

 

914-6s have always had a big following.

JRV used to track one, and the timing and scoring sheets were pretty amazing.

He sliced thru the field like a knife...

He sold it before we met, but had lots of photos on the wall.

 

I last saw the 914-8 at the Porsche Museum last year. Very cool, indeed. Out of over a dozen Porsche models I've been fortunate to own, the 914s are the most fun to drive. A real 6-GT is the next race car I'd like to own/drive.

 

To my understanding... Both V8 914's had twin headlights via the factory as shown.

 

Are there any pix in public on the 928-engined cars?
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...both are *factory* cars; the silvergray one has normal single lights...

 

I saw this little gem at Russo Steele in Az. Always thought this was a neat conversion, and had two 914s being built into one V8 car, but sold the project before I finished it.
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Neither car had a V8.

They both had Flat 8's.


(I saw a 911 on a BMW dealer lot last week - . Stopped to look... salesface assures me it has a V6... clueless.)

 

Yep, the orange one is a prototype based car (note the prototype shaped turn signals as well as the 4 headlights). They had to abandon the 4 headlights due to center-of-the-headlight height requirements. It's a shame, as the 4 headlights really look cool.

Let me dig up some pictures of Rick's 914/928, he's the one state-side (note that he used the 928 Pasha fabric for seat inserts...also has it on the dash face!):
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Oh, here's a video of one of the German 914/928...notice the firewall being pushed back into the trunk ~1:20 mark. And the side intakes.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deJab7Xo0T4[/ame]

 

And for you other 914 freaks, check out Armondo's GT site...here's the page with 914/8 detailed pictures:

http://www.pbase.com/9146gt/factory_9146gt_race_cars_8cylinders

Oh, and it can do a mean drift too:
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Sounds like a Jeff Foxworthy joke. If you've ever tried to shoehorn a Chevy V8 into a Porsche..you might be a redneck.

Saw a beautiful 914 at the Charlotte auto fair last weekend and a like new 944 and an '84 Carrera. All were factory looking.

 

Learned this on my last trip to Porscheland. If you owned the company, wouldn't you build cool stuff, too?