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914-6 0-60 Timed Run May, 2003

I got out my homemade ignition pulse data logger again and tried to see how fast the 914-6 really is (or isn't). The following chart is a screen capture of a run. Others were very similar. Sorry for the large size, but with the fonts used it really can't be any smaller and readable.

As you can see, it was 8.4 seconds for 0-60 mph. The start of capture is from a switch on the floor under the clutch, adjusted to trip when lifted a very small amount. The box records RPM with extreme accuracy, but the variances you see in the points are from having a traditional distributor which moves due to the weights. Twenty points are recorded per second. You can tell I didn't exactly redline it and dump the clutch, don't want to beat the car. I shifted quickly but hey this is a tail-shifter.

Note that you need to go into third with this tire size. With stock diameter you can make it to 60 (barely) in second, which would shave off a bunch of time.