0-60 for a 914/6 with 3.2? Options

[Tdskip]

The numbers are secondary to the driving experience of course, but just curious if anyone’s ever benchmark to their conversion against a stopwatch?

[SirAndy]

The numbers are secondary to the driving experience of course, but just curious if anyone’s ever benchmark to their conversion against a stopwatch?

I did some timed runs with my 3.6L and the biggest problem was getting the tires to hook and not spin.

I don't use 1st gear at all and take off in 2nd and if i'm not careful i can still lay down 10 yards of rubber. That might look cool but it doesn't do you any good in terms of actually moving forward.

The best time i got (that one time everything went perfect) was just under 4 seconds.
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[Superhawk996]

The numbers are secondary to the driving experience of course, but just curious if anyone’s ever benchmark to their conversion against a stopwatch?

I did some timed runs with my 3.6L and the biggest problem was getting the tires to hook and not spin.

I don't use 1st gear at all and take off in 2nd and if i'm not careful i can still lay down 10 yards of rubber. That might look cool but it doesn't do you any good in terms of actually moving forward.

The best time i got (that one time everything went perfect) was just under 4 seconds.
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Not bad . . . but you need AWD! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) There is a reason the 959 had AWD.

Tractive effort quickly becomes the limitation unless you're willing to run 18" wide rear rubber and to deal with the issues rubber that wide brings with it.

Don't get me wrong guys, but, the reality is EV's have changed the game. Any 16 year old driving a Tesla Model S P100D AWD can do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds with absolutely zero drama and zero talent. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Zero to sixty probably isn't the reason to own a 914.

Just to be clear . . . no ill will meant for you guys with big engines. If I hit the lottery I just might build a 914 with a Singer engine but till then. The art of cornering is where the 914's strenth is at.

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Not bad . . . but you need AWD! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) There is a reason the 959 had AWD.

Tractive effort quickly becomes the limitation unless you're willing to run 18" wide rear rubber and to deal with the issues rubber that wide brings with it.

Don't get me wrong guys, but, the reality is EV's have changed the game. Any 16 year old driving a Tesla Model S P100D AWD can do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds with absolutely zero drama and zero talent. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Zero to sixty probably isn't the reason to own a 914.

Just to be clear . . . no ill will meant for you guys with big engines. If I hit the lottery I just might build a 914 with a Singer engine but till then. The art of cornering is where the 914's strenth is at.

@Superhawk996 - I could care less what the actual zero-60 number is, it’s more the feel that I’m trying to get a sense of. I doubt I’ll be doing any violent acceleration in the car, it’s the sensation of the unburstable torque and how that moves the car along that I’m really after. It’s hard to describe what it feels like, but you guys get it

The 3.2 L in the 74 911 has that feeling, trying to imagine that in the 914. I certainly didn’t need that white 914/6 to be any faster than it was, it was plenty fast but didn’t have the experience I was looking for.

@mepstein - The engine in that white car felt like it was built for burst of acceleration rather than rolling-on power, if that makes sense.

[Superhawk996]

it’s the sensation of the unburstable torque and how that moves the car along that I’m really after. It’s hard to describe what it feels like, but you guys get it

@tdskip

You're describing what comes with instantaneous torque. If you haven't driven a Tesla go drive one for a baseline. Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to put you in one but EV's have that instant torque and instant acceleration you're seeking.

IMHO EV's have no soul and handle like pigs but that that is the nature of carrying around massive battery packs. Tesla supposedly working on a 3 motor Plaid mode with torque vectoring. That could become a handling game changer.