A Porsche 914 & 914/6 Authenticity & Restoration Resource.
Acceleration
Porsche 914
& 914/6
Acceleration Comparison Graph
| Porsche
914: 1970-71
1.7L "W" Engine Code
(Sportomatic)
| Porsche
914: 1970-73
1.7L "W" & "EA" Codes
| Porsche
914: 1973
1.7L "EB" Engine Code
(California Emissions)
| Porsche
914: 1974-76
1.8L "EC" Engine Code
| Porsche
914: 1973-74
2.0L "GA" Engine Code
| Porsche
914: 1975-76
2.0L "GC" Engine Code
| Porsche
914/6: 1970-71
"901.39" Engine Code
(Sportomatic)
| Porsche
914/6: 1970-72
"901.38" Engine Code
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Porsche 914 Acceleration
1975 - 1976 "GC" Engine Code
A Bit Less Power to the People
Most 1975-1976 Porsche 914 vehicles came
equipped with a 2.0L "GC" coded engine. The "GC" engine incorporates
air-injection, a catalytic
converter and other emission control devices not found in the earlier
(1973-1974) "GA" 2.0 liter engine. The addition of this
environment-protecting equipment reduced the "GC" code engine
performance by seven horsepower (DIN @ 4900 RPM) and 9 ft-lbs of torque
@ 3500 RPM (6 ft-lbs of torque @ 4000 RPM) from the earlier "GA" code
2.0L engine, resulting in diminished acceleration and top speed.
Additional information
regarding the "GC" engines is located (not surprisingly) on the ENGINE
SPECIFICATIONS page.
The 1975-1976 Porsche 914 2.0L vehicles reach 60 MPH
in
11.2 seconds.
They cover a quarter-mile in 18.5
seconds while reaching a speed of 78 MPH.
The one kilometer mark is reached in 33.7 seconds at 98 MPH.
The top rated speed of Porsche 914 2.0L "GC" vehicles is 112 MPH.