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cgalyon · Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 249 Location: Knoxville, TN

Heh heh, "Paprika" would be great, maybe I'd buy one if they did call it that! However, we should be realistic. Porsche would never go with a name like that, it needs to start with a "C", so I'm guessing it will be the "Porsche Cinnamon."
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924guy · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:27 am Post subject:

vw i4 t powertrain @ 200hp, with the potential for awd ...lets not forget, Porsche once again has full access to the VW parts bins... including tdi options...

picture aside, i think this concept will end up with a cayman type nose, targa top and only the sail panels to make it look 914ish...
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

And even if it don't come that way, VW motor could mean bolt-in R32 conversion. . .MID ENGINE.

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Martijnus · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands

oh wait, I just remembered that nowadays cars are too heavy.

If they could make the new 914 the equal weight of the original (or lighter with their fancy composite materials) I'd buy one...

not more than 800kg.
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Khal · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:49 am Post subject:

Paul · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:11 am Post subject:

C'mon that car will be at least 2600 pounds with today's regs and all the options we've grown to demand.

I've owned several 914s the first in the early 70's, so I would actually like the car to look a little more 914ish.
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Patrick · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject:

RASTA MONSTA- Yes your right! When the writer wrote about the 914 being mistakened by some for a modern Karmann Ghia of sorts, i suppose it was by non-enthusiasts who might have been alluding to its vw roots and its (to some) artsy fartsy looks(functional art?). Interesting how some writer from the period jokingly commented it looked like something NASA might have built.

PAUL-also as a previous 914 owner i would want it to also have a 914sh look if not the 914 character(but i suppose the character would be impossible).
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Paul · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:16 am Post subject:

Character traits of the original 914:

30 mpg
0-60 10 secs
sloppy shifter
lousy heater
terrible A/C
roll up windows
less than 6000 rpm redline
rust buckets
great brakes
great handling
valve adjstment every 15,000 miles
points and plugs every 15,000 miles
great highway cruiser
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gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

Paul,

You must have had early 914s...

I have enjoyed my 73 2.0L since 1997. The shifter has always worked just fine.

You got the valve adjustment schedule wrong. More like every 5K miles, and the engine lets me know when it's due, because it becomes harder to start in the morning.

The heater is more than adequate for use as the car is designed to be used (no snow or heavy rain, good weather only).

The only things that I would like are better storage fixures for the roof panel, redesigned wheel wells and suspension so wider tires can be fitted, better availability of different wheels (more choices), better roof sealing, better ventilation (defroster sucks), and more HP.

After you learn to drive the car effectively, more HP is needed. The chassis could always handle more than the engines installed by Porsche. redesigned suspension

924guy · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:06 am Post subject:

Paul · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:10 am Post subject:

Patrick · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:22 am Post subject:

Not being any kind of a mechanic or racer, the only thing i really didnt like at all w/my 76 914 was the heater. Especially the time i went up the colorado mountains with some heavy snow buildup and had no choice but to slow down rendering my heater barely working! What i would have wanted was more hp and seats that could recline all the way back for frequent naps that i took during my east to west coast trips.
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TINMAN · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 78 Location: Baltimore Md

Well at 25 large, i couldnt afford one. Not for awhile anyway, but id be sold.

As for a name, id go with

1. Medina
2. Valesso ( actually this sounds like something Ferrari)
3. Sierra
4. Vaylen
5. Spyker.. but that's already taken.

something along those lines...
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

My 914 had SS heat exchangers, and when it was driven in Colorado winters, the heater could burn your ass out of the car.

I suspect many 914 heat/defroster issues are really adjustment issues with the crappei cables/linkages that control the Cavalcade of Flaps.

PS, I would trade Shaggy for a solid 73 or 74 2.0.
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI