Invade One Lap of America 2017?, LOOKING FOR A GOOD . . . 914s Options

[stevegm]

My son and I are thinking about doing the One Lap of America next May? Anybody else considering it or interested? Wouldn't it be cool to show up with a half dozen or more 914s entered.


We have been talking about doing the race since he was old enough to watch the movie Cannonball Run (I think I showed it to him when he was 1). But, it is the first week of May, and when he turned 18 (old enough to enter) he went to college which has finals the first week of May. Since he decided to take the year off of college this year (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) we might as well do something constructive.

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9/28/16 - Just an update. We are waiting to see the announced courses for 2017. I spoke with Brock today and they will be announced soon. Once we see the courses we can decide whether we think the type IV might be able to do it.

Another idea has come up - if we don't do the official One Lap event, we could get some 914s together to create our own one lap of America-style drive. Or do the One Lap event without the full track days. I am looking into that now.

[Cupomeat]

Ok, so a couple things about one lap of america.

Even in Vintage foreign class, which is where you'd be. two of the three had 400hp V8s retro fit into older cars. Tom's 914-6 is pretty fast by normal standard, but we only got second because the 944 (with v8) had so many issues.

A goal of finishing is the right one to have for a 914.

Now, if you want to win, get a GTR or a 997/991 Turbo, GT3, GT4, Corvette Z06 etc. and leave it stock. The top three were a GTR, an ariel Atom (with a 300+hp motor) and a Mitsubishi Evo with a highly modified engine.

These three won because all the other faster entries didn't make it.

It is a great time. Trailer are allowed and you can fix anything along the way (but you need to run on the tires you started with).

DO it, but winning in a 914 is a big commitment as you better get 400hp in it, and learn all the tracks first.

See you there in 2017!!

Eric

[stevegm]

Ok, so a couple things about one lap of america.

Even in Vintage foreign class, which is where you'd be. two of the three had 400hp V8s retro fit into older cars. Tom's 914-6 is pretty fast by normal standard, but we only got second because the 944 (with v8) had so many issues.

A goal of finishing is the right one to have for a 914.

Now, if you want to win, get a GTR or a 997/991 Turbo, GT3, GT4, Corvette Z06 etc. and leave it stock. The top three were a GTR, an ariel Atom (with a 300+hp motor) and a Mitsubishi Evo with a highly modified engine.

These three won because all the other faster entries didn't make it.

It is a great time. Trailer are allowed and you can fix anything along the way (but you need to run on the tires you started with).

DO it, but winning in a 914 is a big commitment as you better get 400hp in it, and learn all the tracks first.

See you there in 2017!!

Eric

I agree. Our goal is to finish. I had a brief conversation with Jake Raby about doing it in a 4-cylinder 914. He pointed out that we would need toughness more than power. Especially for the valve train.

Based you experience this year, do you think a 4-cylinder could do the tracks? The drive from track to track doesn't worry me much. It is the competition days that seem like they would take a toll on the car/engine.