Dan Thompson at Laguna Seca, in the Pickering 914-6 Options

[nine14cats]

Okay,

Here's our own Dan (Almaden Valley) driving the Pickering 914-6 in class GM form at Laguna Seca. Dan was turning 1:49's during this session. It was the 2nd time he had driven the car (the first was at Thunderhill).

1974 914-6 conversion
2.7L, 10.5:1 JE pistons, big cams (webcams), headwork, knife edged crank, weber 40's. 901 KA, Q, V = 3rd, 4th 5th. Open diff during this period of time.
15x7 cookies all around with Hoosier 23x9.5x15 canti's in R45 compound.
23mm T-bars, 250lbs springs, 22mm welt front bar, stock rear sway connected.
Bilsteins all around. Car was still heavy.

I am editing a video right now of the same car 1 year later with 450lbs rears and 27mm smart bar upfront and 300lbs of metal taken out of the car. I'll post that later.

You can see Dan's lines and how he uses the entire track to maintain speed.

Enjoy!

Dan in 914-6 at Laguna Seca circa 2003 ~9MB

Bill P.

[nine14cats]

Hi Dan,

It appears from the video I am editing that the car hooked up better in the rear with the 450's and the LSD. I'll probably finish it tonight or tomorrow. As I compare the feeling of the car's, I know that JWE dialed in more understeer than I had setup on my 914. I tended to feel faster with the more oversteer setup in the 914, but Rich was always telling me to adjust it out a little. I gave in on the 911 setup and so far he may be right.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

Geez...imagine that! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

I ran across an auto-x vid as well from Candlestick where I was top 3 that day...I'll try to get that out too...

Bill P.