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Towing a 914, How do you move your 914? |
ehick72 |
Jun 8 2005, 08:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 108 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 3,356 |
After paying a tow truck way too much money...the fuel injection work I had done has made a world of difference. Thanks for the advice by the way! My car runs great now...... however, knowing myself like I do there will always come a time when screw something up and have to tow it again. It sure would be nice if I had a tow bar like they have for the bugs. Has anyone done towed a 914? Is there a specific towbar I can use or make? I saw a guy modify a bug towbar to connect inside the front trunk but that looked like some serious work.
Any advice? Eric |
jhadler |
Jun 9 2005, 10:08 AM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
I towed with a dolly for about two seasons, I chose to tow it ass end first because of the low air dam. I would have had to remove the air dam each time I towed it to a race. Well, the backwards dolly towing thing bit me when the 914 decided to open up the air brake (rear trunk lid).
That's when I decided that I'd flat tow it when next it ran (which has been a couple years now...). I like that big steel plate idea, but for my car (a race car) that's way too much weight to have to remove at every race. I decided to live with the extra pound or two in the nose of the car with the brackets and just leave them bolted on in the foglight buckets. I haven't actually towed it yet (need a drivetrain installed before I take it anywhere...), but I'm not that worried about the strength of the sheet metal I'm bolted to. It seems to have worked for others... -Josh2 |
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