Subaru Engine Track Days & PCA Options

[McMark]

I was talking with a 914 owner about engines and the cost-benefit of a Subaru swap. This person is looking to build a street-legal car that will serve for track duty. But AFAIK, PCA has restrictions on non-Porsche engine participation.

So, since I know most of you all are far more familiar with the regulations and options than I am, I'm looking for information on what sorts of restrictions does PCA place on non-Porsche engine swaps? What other options for track days are available (nationally, but SF Bay Area specifically)? Is building a non-PCA-legal car a shot in the foot? Or is PCA somewhat irrelevant because of availability of other options?

What are your thoughts here? And I'm looking specifically at track days, and not autocrosses, but I'm interested in learning about AX info as well.

[brant]

Ditto to what JP said
it depends on the region
you'd have to call the region the customer currently wants to participate in
(or if you have a crystal ball, call the region he might move to in a few years also)

out in colorado its porsche engines
if a DE event doesn't sell out (rare)... they will open up vacant slots to non porsche engined cars in the last 10 or so days before an event.

I'm guessing small regions that need to sell more slots would allow a suby teener
bigger regions that are turning people away probably not.

If the customer was shut out of PCA then it would come down to other sanctioning bodies in the area... I think you guys have a lot of NASA and even some POC Drivers ed events out there....