Porsche 914 & 914/6 Acceleration
Handling Over Horses
Porsche 914 vehicles were not
designed for drag racing, and the acceleration numbers show it. With
stock quarter-mile times ranging from 18.0 to 19.5 seconds and 0-60
times from 12.0 to 13.5 seconds, Porsche 914 acceleration is fairly
laughable by today's standards. If you live life a quarter-mile at a
time,
the Porsche 914 is not a good choice.
How They Compare
The diagram accessed via the (rather large) thumbnail above is a
composite of the
acceleration curves for the various Porsche 914 engine
sizes and transmission types. The Porsche 914 line offered six
different engine models during its seven years of production for
reasons briefly explained on the HORSEPOWER
& TORQUE page. Note that the elimination of domed
pistons combined with heightened emission control on the 1.8L Porsche
914 models sapped enough power that its performance is inferior to the
smaller (non-California) 1.7L engine... even with the SPORTOMATIC
transmission. The 1973-1974 2.0L "GA" engine type outperforms
the 1975-1976 "GC" model due to the introduction of more rigorous
(and power-sapping) emission controls. Not surprisingly, the Porsche
914/6 has no difficulty out-accelerating the four cylinder models (even
when equipped with the 4-speed "SPORTOMATIC" transmission). Individual
acceleration graphs including
1/4 mile and 1000 meter times and speeds for the U.S. specification
Porsche 914 and 914/6 model engine types are accessible via the buttons
to
the left. All charts have been created using information culled
directly from factory Porsche 914 Owner's Manuals and factory Porsche
"Technical Data" folders.