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Otto Maddox wrote:So what is the context here? Do you have a 914 engine and a 911 chassis just sitting around?
I might have an "opportunity" for both and knew this was the best place to mull it over. A subie engine (like the one that already being documented) would be the coolest, but I'm one cheap mofo.
Just posting-out-loud. I'm still looking for my V8 project, but, as usual, I'm all over the place....
Stan
What V-8 project do you already have built in your head?
Dan
914Driver wrote:What V-8 project do you already have built in your head?
Dan
Primarily a Mustang. Fox coupe, early coupe or a MII fastback although I have't ruled out an early Barracuda or Dart, but these are pretty pricey. Everyone around here (Ohio) does Chevy, so I don't want to go that route. A MII fastback might be cool as not a lot of people like them so you don't see a lot of them. One that could turn corners might be cool....
GRM ran an article a while back on a Fairmont wagon, same chassis as a MII I believe. Kickass car! Caged with a 5.0 it's really different. That sort of body may be easier to find because it's a Grandma car.
This may not be the same car, but you'll get the idea.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2572611/1978-ford-fairmont
Dan
914Driver wrote:GRM ran an article a while back on a Fairmont wagon, same chassis as a MII I believe. Kickass car! Caged with a 5.0 it's really different. That sort of body may be easier to find because it's a Grandma car.
This may not be the same car, but you'll get the idea.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2572611/1978-ford-fairmont
Dan
For the record...the Fairmont is the basis for the Fox platform. (not based on the Mustang II/Pinto)
Also for the record...I wholeheartedly support any V8 Fairmont tomfoolery.
I'm not a Ford guy, thanks Clem. I love that car!
Also for the record...I wholeheartedly support any V8 Fairmont tomfoolery.
Me. Too.
Although they seem rather scarce here in Ohio. I'm figuring they've all rusted to dust by now.
Yeah...Fairmonts were unloved from the start (I mean, who besides a few of us nutcases here were ever passionate about a Fairmont?) and they haven't been made in 20 some years...that sets up an equation for scarcity, unfortunately.
But there's so much potential there! Take wrecked 5.0 mustang donor and your Fairmont of choice and you could have a driver by the end of the weekend.
And since it's not a Mustang, nobody will expect it to perform like a supercar, so when it performs at even stock 5.0 mustang levels, it will garner respect.
if you want to go newer.. the little LTD and Mercury Marquis were also on the same chassis
Otto Maddox wrote:In reply to mad_machine:
That's the other problem. A 914 might be the only sporting car on earth with a crappier transmission than a 911.
A 901 trans is a wonderful device-proper racing pattern, shifts as smooth as butter and reliable unless rated power levels exceeded. G50, also a great trans 915,eh, not so much
I am not a big fan of the 901. Especially in a 914. In that application, first gear lies about the middle of my right thigh. (also known as, the space the steering wheel wants to inhabit.)
I am too large for a 914!
well, you know the 914 had two different styles of shifter? The early cars had some god aweful linkage that went all the way to the rear of the car and went through the tail like a 911 (in reverse) and the later years had a side linkage that went into the side of the case and made things a lot nicer
