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- Hi everyone, Nick Griot, Griot's Garage
and today I have the distinct pleasure of talking
to you about this beautiful 914 Porsche that I have
in front of me here.
This car is, you know, in essence everything
that is good about Porsche.
It is probably the closest you could come to the concept
of a modern day Cayman, in an early '70s package,
and the gentleman who did this project took no
shortcuts in making this car absolutely spectacular.
As you can see, almost every body panel has been
touched, the engine has been upgraded and swapped,
the interior has been re-done.
And this car started as a 4-cylinder 914;
a pretty plain Jane economical Porsche.
However when the previous owner purchased it,
somebody had already swapped a 2-liter 6-cylinder into it,
but that was not nearly enough for him,
and he preceded to touch every part of this car.
So, a couple of first things you'll notice is
the height and width of this car.
Now two inches of height were removed from it,
and that does not account for the lowered ride height,
and then two inches of width were added to the sides,
and you can really see that in the exaggerated
fender wells, which contribute to the width
and the stance of this car.
So, that was a laborious process;
there were hand-made parts to accompany it
on the front valence, which now houses the headlights
which have been removed from the hood which is a
really nice aesthetic touch.
They still remain highly functional too.
We don't have any windshield wipers, but with a
little bit of Griot's Garage glass sealant,
and high speeds which this car is capable of,
you'll never need them anyway.
The roof is now a steel panel that is permanently affixed,
as opposed to the fiberglass target,
and what that does is it contributes to
some chassis rigidity, which you can definitely
feel that is also complemented by a roll bar
and very big sway bars, 15 millimeter swaybars
throughout the car.
Now I already mentioned the width of the car,
we have 16 x 7 Fuchs replica wheels,
and 16 x 11 Fuchs in back.
Two 25 tires, two 65s in back, so tons of grip,
tons of width.
To complement what we now know, is a very high output motor,
is a 3.2 liter 911 motor out of a 930, that was rebuilt
in the Portland, Oregon area.
Now that 4-cynlinder 914 started with about 90 horsepower,
granted this car weighed 2,000 pounds so that can
still move the car pretty comfortably, and these
things have always been known for their handling;
however this motor in it's current iteration
makes about 240 horsepower at the crank,
which translates to about 200 at the rear wheels,
with that mid-mounted placement and the width
and all the modern suspension components, this car rips.
And it handles great as well.
So, this...
And it is pure, pure Porsche in its air-cooled glory.
So you've got that raspiness that you're lacking
in that modern-day Cayman, but you've got a
comparable performance.
Five-speed manual gear box, super stiff clutch,
it feels like a race car, it sounds like a race car,
it drives like a race car.
To complement that, the interior was completely re-done,
and that also feels very period correct.
It's wrapped in suede.
Very minimal instrumentation, like very typical
Porsche with some red LED lighting that really
accents it well.
And there's even a cheat sheet,
because the interior components are a series
of toggle switches that have no labels;
so you don't want to turn off your fuel pump
when you're going full-throwed and you're trying
to turn on your heated seats.
So we have a little cheat sheet in the interior as well.
Now for me I'm six feet tall;
I feel that lack of two inches as my hair is
bouncing off the headliner,
and my knees are a little cramped but I really don't care.
This is such a well-executed project.
It has remained true to everything that is Porsche,
from the motor choice to the pin-stripping,
the German coat of arms, the Fuchs wheels,
the brakes in front are even from a 930 Turbo 911.
So everything is about as pure Porsche as possible,
which I truly appreciate;
that's not easy to accomplish.
And I think that everybody will agree that they've
never seen a 914 that looks like this,
and once you drive it or hear it be driven,
you'll know that no 914 ever acted or behaved like this.
Now, it's a totally mean, blacked-out 914,
and I love it to death.
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and as always, have fun in your garage.