New Porsche V6..legal for engine swap??, For PCA regions that specify "Porsche" Options

[Mueller]

Hmmmm?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

It has been announced that the Cayenne will have a 3.2 liter V6 which is based on the Audi A3 and Golf R32 motor, but with more hp than the other two engines.

247hp instead of 217hp

Installing one of these into a 914 should be pretty easy due to the compactness of the motor (15° V6), so, what are the odds that one would be able to participate in PCA autocross and time trial with such a motor??? (some regions say the car must have a Porsche motor and engine)
Now I think they also say that if it is a motor swap it should still have the "spirit" or somewhat the same configuation as the original car--(no mid engine 911 conversions????)

Notice I say participate and not compete, since I'm guessing that if allowed, you't be put in a class with mega-dollar motors and cubic dollars. (M, K or Z ???)

I think it should be allowed since air-cooled motors all the way up to 3.8 liters are routinly run and those for sure never came from the factory that way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

The way I look at it, the /4 are based on VW engines, so why not a Cayenne V6??? Same basic idea (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

So, now all we need to do is wait for these motors to start showing up at the wreckers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/MDB2.gif)

[fiid]

-CHOP-

Installing one of these into a 914 should be pretty easy due to the compactness of the motor (15° V6), so, what are the odds that one would be able to participate in PCA autocross and time trial with such a motor??? (some regions say the car must have a Porsche motor and engine)

Now I think they also say that if it is a motor swap it should still have the "spirit" or somewhat the same configuation as the original car--(no mid engine 911 conversions????)

Notice I say participate and not compete, since I'm guessing that if allowed, you't be put in a class with mega-dollar motors and cubic dollars. (M, K or Z ???)

I think it should be allowed since air-cooled motors all the way up to 3.8 liters are routinly run and those for sure never came from the factory that way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

-CHOP-

No shit! 911s never came with 3.8s. So as far as I'm concerned thats as non-factory as a subaru motor.

The porsche club around here will let you compete with any all-porsche combination. Of course, a 944 powered 914 is factory, right?? *COUGH*

In autocross you can run anything as long as it's not a toolbox^H^H^H^H^HNissan Xterra or something like to roll over. You need to be a pca member to run a non-porsche car, but I think you could run any conversion of 914 without being a member.

Time trial is a different story - you cannot run unless you are in a class - and with a non-porsche motor you are not in a class.

It's a big shame because the PCA is a great club, and I would love to do their time trial stuff, but I just don't want the weightor expense of a 6 or the expense and hassle of building a big 4. The subaru motors are cheap, extremely powerful and light. Can't believe porsche didn't build them :-)

You will be fine as long as all your stuff came from porsche, no matter how frankenstein it is.


Fiid.