Jonny Hart Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Went to a car show yesterday in the 914 EV I'm still setting the car up - needs geo etc but am getting to grips with how it drives. It does feel quite spritely but until now no real comparison with anything. Anyhow, I was parked next to a 997.1 GT3 RS at the show and we just happened to leave in convoy. On the twisties and overtaking I could easily keep up with it - actually gaining on it out of corners! The owner connected through Instagram and said he was struggling for grip - that car has 325/50 rear tyres and I'm on 205s! I had the targa roof off as well! Not sure about top speed but for real world driving I'll settle for that! GT3 RS: 297 bhp / ton. max torque 298 ft-lbs @ 5500 rpm 914EV: 238 bhp /ton. max torque 243 ft-lbs from 0 rpm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEX P Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Car is looking super cool Jonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Hart Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 Couple more pics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt two Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 How cool is that! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagarep Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Excellent work Jonny, especially the interior! Can't wait to see it at a meeting this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TargaWayne Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Not sure if it the colour, extending the body colour to the sills, the new side light/indicators, or the combination of all three. But it doesn't look dated, like most 914s. A fantastic job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnonut Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Love that interior, especially the dash! Top work Sir. Can’t wait to see it in the metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strosek34 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Wow Jonny, that’s looking brilliant, well done 👍 Very impressive it can stay with a GT3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Hart Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Thanks guys. Full geo tomorrow - can’t wait to see how it really handles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Hart Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 8 hours ago, TargaWayne said: Not sure if it the colour, extending the body colour to the sills, the new side light/indicators, or the combination of all three. But it doesn't look dated, like most 914s. A fantastic job. Exactly the right response! I like cars that aren’t ‘shouty’ but make you wonder why they look different. I want non car people to walk straight by it and car people to stop in their tracks. A few other pointers: Modern thinner screen rubber, black frames, side mirror delete, side repeater delete, closer fitment of bumpers. lowered on 7 & 8s. It’s Carrera GT silver btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Hart Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Moggy has done a bit of review of the 914: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 I think Moggy likes it Jonny 🙂 Fantastic build quality on the inside, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Hart Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaky Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sopor Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 They had to give you the trophy - it virtually matches some of your trim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesworth Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Hart Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 Cheers! I love the first photo. Blokes on left look like a cartoon double take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strosek34 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Well done Jonny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
World Citizen Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Love it, well done Jonny If you get bored of that trophy, wouldn't take much to whittle it into a handbrake handle and new gear knob 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sladey Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Nice one Jonny - car looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Hart Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 Quick update on the 914 EV. Always had a bit of judder from the rear on acceleration. A real saga.. First of all it was thought to be the inner drive 'cups' which are Tesla - a three slider/bearing affair - not seating deep enough. The driveshafts could have been made a few mm longer. This wasn't going to happen since they are custom made, hardened and incredibly expensive. So, to seat the bearings further in the cup I managed to find some CV adapters for the outer ends effectively pushing the cups in more. Sadly no change to the judder. The next idea was the driveshaft angle which is quite large due to the positioning of the motor forwards of the wheels - the driveshafts point back. The theory was that the inner metal edge of the boot flange was rubbing on the driveshaft. Managed to find some Baja bug high angle boots which have wider flanges. Although we saw a slight shine to the flange that came off, the bigger versions made no change to the noise / judder.... After a few thousand miles was getting worse with some clacking and clonking from the rear. Jacking the car up showed that the o/s wheel bearing was shot. Quite a surprise given only 3000 miles but they were the aftermarket cheap ones. Booked the car in with Octane and Lee then discovered that the trailing are bushes are trashed too. Might explain why the rear alignment was all the way to the end of the travel and still not correct. So new bearings and polygraphte trailing arm bushes going in. Torque isn't cheap after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisc204 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 Car looks great. I’ve not really been on the forums to see it. Developing a car is seldom linear journey. A side step here or there is to be expected This is part of the “fun” Jonny! Similar driveshaft angle issues with running super low for a trackday car build for Dad/daughter days out thankfully there’s a cost effective fix for mine (Cris 911 Triple R) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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