914 & Electric

[Mako Koiwai]

http://www.latimes.com/classified/autom ... 4785.story

[Jeff Shyu]

someone else from the rennlist did an electric conversion a few years back (hmm.. maybe 10+ years now..), it certainly wasn't because of saving gas at that time. i can't remember the specifics of it, but i do remember that it ran..

i can't imagine the 914 being a good LA-traffic car though. most 901 gear boxes are crap now, and the idea of "coasting" just makes me cringe from remember the crunch of gears as you try to shift it back into a gear from neutral.

[Aaron Goldsmith]

someone else from the rennlist did an electric conversion a few years back (hmm.. maybe 10+ years now..), it certainly wasn't because of saving gas at that time. i can't remember the specifics of it, but i do remember that it ran..

i can't imagine the 914 being a good LA-traffic car though. most 901 gear boxes are crap now, and the idea of "coasting" just makes me cringe from remember the crunch of gears as you try to shift it back into a gear from neutral.

Crap, now I miss my bike, JERK. Why you gotta use that avatar. :mrt:

[Max Hayter]

Crap, now I miss my bike, JERK. Why you gotta use that avatar. :mrt:

You would only have fallen off and ruined your boy-band good looks

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Crap, now I miss my bike, JERK. Why you gotta use that avatar. :mrt:

You would only have fallen off and ruined your boy-band good looks

Oh, I fell off plenty of times. Still pretty as ever.

[Jeff Shyu]

you'll be happy to know, aaron, that your corner on palomar is still a popular crash spot.

2 weekends ago, some tards from the mazda forum went up there with sti guys in the middle of the night, and crashed his car there

[Bob Beamesderfer]

you'll be happy to know, aaron, that your corner on palomar is still a popular crash spot.

2 weekends ago, some tards from the mazda forum went up there with sti guys in the middle of the night, and crashed his car there

I've heard about Palomar. Many spots at which there's a good chance of your last crash.

[Jeff Shyu]

I've heard about Palomar. Many spots at which there's a good chance of your last crash.

1. tight, technical, mountain road with some decreasing radius turns
2. close proximity to camp Pendleton
3. early 20's military male with deployment money and no financial responsibilities

add those 3 together, and you have a pretty good recipe for parts car/motorcycle.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

I've heard about Palomar. Many spots at which there's a good chance of your last crash.

1. tight, technical, mountain road with some decreasing radius turns
2. close proximity to camp Pendleton
3. early 20's military male with deployment money and no financial responsibilities

add those 3 together, and you have a pretty good recipe for parts car/motorcycle.

My bad; I read Palomar and thought Glendora Mountain Road. I have driven Palomar a few times. We used it when doing a comparo of the Accord Coupe vs. the Altima Coupe. Accord won by a slight margin. Would have been more, but on the third run, which was my turn, the brakes were fading a bit. Altima Coupe had bump steer issues that I didn't like, especially mid-corner.

[Jeff Shyu]

yeah.. the speed racers in the mazda forums all want to hit up GMR on weekend nights. I told them that they're nuts and i'm not having any part of it. seeing the way they drive, i have no doubt that they'd be the skid marks i see on sunday morning, where the skid marks ending with a pile of rocks pushed over at the edge, and no cars in sight.

speaking of fading brakes on palomar though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3efUW_hOJtU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Marshall and Aaron will love this blast from the past..

[Bob Beamesderfer]

yeah.. the speed racers in the mazda forums all want to hit up GMR on weekend nights. I told them that they're nuts and i'm not having any part of it. seeing the way they drive, i have no doubt that they'd be the skid marks i see on sunday morning, where the skid marks ending with a pile of rocks pushed over at the edge, and no cars in sight.

speaking of fading brakes on palomar though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3efUW_hOJtU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Marshall and Aaron will love this blast from the past..

No centerline, no guard rail section of GMR + group driving = high probability of bent metal and blood loss. No thanks. The time to go from what my ex-coworker's experience was mid-morning through mid-afternoon on a weekday.

Cool Palomar video. By the section at about 6 mins. the Honda's stock brakes were kinda sketchy so I didn't blast down that last straight part at the end. Makes me wish I still had my bike, although if I were getting one today I'd like a Ducati. There was an Italian flag painted 750 they made in the late '80s that was way cool.

[Earl Merz]

Makes me wish I still had my bike, although if I were getting one today I'd like a Ducati. There was an Italian flag painted 750 they made in the late '80s that was way cool.

I was looking at one of those today. The one I was looking at was modified by Ferracci. HC pistons, ported heads, cam, flat slide Mikuni Carbs. Yep, I was in love. Guy bought it for $1000. Currently undergoing some changes, the factory tire size is no longer available, so he's upgrading the brakes/wheels for daily duty. I tried, be he wouldn't sell it to me. Those old foam grips are awesome.

[Aaron Goldsmith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3efUW_hOJtU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Marshall and Aaron will love this blast from the past..

Haha, yeah.. evo's weren't available in the US at that point if I remember.. Can't remember if "you know who" got caught for that one. Iturns out.. i still have that road memorized. Man we were dumb,

[Jeff Shyu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3efUW_hOJtU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Marshall and Aaron will love this blast from the past..

Haha, yeah.. evo's weren't available in the US at that point if I remember.. Can't remember if "you know who" got caught for that one. Iturns out.. i still have that road memorized. Man we were dumb,

well, the version linked above was the one that surfaced a few months after the original was posted. I still don't know how people got a hold of my vid .. dragging peg?..

but yeah, he called me up to transfer the bitchout as soon as :you know who: got chewed out himself..

[Bob Beamesderfer]

Makes me wish I still had my bike, although if I were getting one today I'd like a Ducati. There was an Italian flag painted 750 they made in the late '80s that was way cool.

I was looking at one of those today. The one I was looking at was modified by Ferracci. HC pistons, ported heads, cam, flat slide Mikuni Carbs. Yep, I was in love. Guy bought it for $1000. Currently undergoing some changes, the factory tire size is no longer available, so he's upgrading the brakes/wheels for daily duty. I tried, be he wouldn't sell it to me. Those old foam grips are awesome.

Yeah, it had staggered tire sizes from the factory, the front size is the oddball. Back then the brakes were pretty good, not so much today.

I had foam grips on both of the Hondas I owned. They were great on the 400F because that thing was buzzy at high rpm.

This is the is the one, for those too young to remember:

[Pat O\'Neal]

Sorry to bring this thread back on topic , but here is a blog that a guy in Oregon wrote while doing a 914 conversion. Now, this guy is an actual electrical engineer, of apparent above-average intelligence and even though he bought a kit expressly designed for the Porsche 914 ($13k, not including batteries nor the cost of the car), he had a heck of a time pulling it off. Based on his experience, me being merely a mortal gearhead would have no chance doing this sort of thing. I'd have to at least be retired, extremely bored and insane.

Pat.