some fun - help me pick a paint scheme for the race car

[tgvettes]

#2
Can you tell us a more about the 914?

Tonny

[brownz]

#1 :d

[byndbad914]

Originally Posted by tgvettes

#2
Can you tell us a more about the 914?

Tonny

two post to come...

As for the 914, it is very little Porsche these days. The center "chunk" of a 914 was retained to hold the windshields, doors and roof in place. It is full tube chassis front to rear, 935 RSR front struts, custom 5-link rear IRS, 525HP/438TQ 11:1 353ci de-stroked 400 (steel 327 crank) with a Porsche 930 turbo transaxle running inverted (upside-down). Wheels are 16x10/16x11 Kodiaks with anodized black centers with GY 23.5x10.5x16 front/25.5x12x16 rear slicks. Stock dash (with Autometer gauges), doors, decklids and fully operation flip-up headlights and all street-legal (minus just being loud it meets vehicle code).

[byndbad914]

and...

thanks for the votes guys! I was leaning towards either 1 or 2, and it is funny, on 2 boards #2 is a definite win, and on 2 boards #1 is ahead Then a guy posted the stripe idea and now I am heavily leaning toward the darker color. I just dunno!! It's so hard to just lock one down

[Tiger]

I guess I'm late for the vote but I just wanted to drop a line to say that the car is cool!

and yeah #1 for me, or maybe #2.........
maybe with a stripe.

[byndbad914]

little update as to the overall votes in various polls I have set up between boards, work, and friends.

#1 - 43 (including your vote Andre... never too late)
#2 - 69
#3 - 16
#4 - 18

As of this post it looks like, in general, everyone likes #2. Many times folks have said either 1 or 2 so those were left out since it wasn't definite, but just goes to show those are the two that are hard to pick.

I am on the fence. If I intend to go to the hassle of putting a parting stripe, it will be dark green. If not, whatever Krylon offers in semi-flat that is close to 1 or 2

[byndbad914]

OK, hit Advanced Auto and semi-flat black was on sale!! Bought every can and checked out all the paints. Krylon really only had one green I would want, and it is camouflage green that us ultra-flat. The camera wasn't doing the best job in the house tonight but here is what I am going to be using (looks a bit like #1 and #4 had a kid - the cap is just slightly darker than #1 but I bet it turns out darker in reality, more like the green with the striped images).

They have an ultra-flat beige too that I could use to stripe it like stripe top right smile.gif

And you can see on the rear fender why I rattle can the car v. pay real $$ to have it painted nicely....

[Payton King]

on the first set you put up, but with the paint colors of #2. The Silver on bottom makes it easier to find on the track and the black on the hood cuts down on glare for the driver.

[JayR]

Cool car! That looks like a blast! What does it weigh?

I was already leaning toward #3 with the orange stripe for the same reasons Payton just noted and it just looks good.