About racing a 914 with a swap..., What class? Does the PCA care? Options

[Matt Monson]

As some of you know, I am going back and forth on putting in a 2.4l six or swapping a Subaru Ej25. I want to know what impact the Subaru engine will have on racing the car. I am specifically wondering how the PCA (and RMR since I am in Colorado) treats 914's with non-Porsche engine swaps in them. I want to be able to run my car at club events. I know there won't be a problem in SCCA racing. But I don't know about the "official" Porsche clubs...

[brant]

Dale,

I ran PCA club racing with a production 2.0/4 from around 96 until 02
I completely agree.

if running production class buy a 944 NA
(actually Matt, your 24S is the car to have in class "I" the way i figure it)

or GT5 if running a 914/6

a production 914/6 has to run a stock motor with stock venturi's and 110hp.
not a competetive car.

yes a 3.2 will kill you unless its a real race car.
yes a competetive car needs to be dedicated and fairly expensive.
dedicated track car with under 2000 lbs

although there are bargains out there.
my friend built a GT3-914 with an electromotive 3.3L
it was a TTOD car at 9 out of 10 events it attended.
(the 10th event it was pulled in while in 1st place so as to let someone else win)
and it recently traded hands for 25K

so there are options out there.

but all of us non rich guys just build porsche motor'd cars and go have fun.
I will be running a stock 2.0S motor in the GT5 class in about 3 weeks.
I don't expect to beat the 2.2 motors in that class....
but I know I will have 5 or 6 other cars to play with and just plain have fun..
and thats what its all about really... having fun.

brant