POC Classes, V4 -V5 Options

[Zeke]

Campbell is a V4. With the recent rule changes (this year), I will be a V3 with a four cyl due to my suspension, brake and gear mods. Plus I have points added for cam, compression and induction (carbs). Drop a stock six in the car and I go back to V4. Go figure that.

[campbellcj]

Milt -- my car was borderline V3 with the big four. POC allows you to run over/under class weight and fine-tune your points that way, which is how I got it into V4. I could have run V5 if I hadn't been planning the -6 conversion imminently. If they ever take away the weight-related points, we'll be screwed...the club's rules are generally not kind to 914's. In V4, I am running against 911's with 2.7 and 3.0 motors and more wheel/tire than me. The way the rules are written, it is almost impossible for a 914-6 to go above 2.2L and not bump into V3 (at least). I think the only way to do it would be to somehow build a larger engine with the same compression ratio and cams as the factory -6 / 2.0T motor. This might get you a low-revving, low-compression 2.5L; whoop-de-doo. I'd rather have a 2.0 or 2.2S.

Also, it could be good or bad depending on your perspective, but V5 and V4 are not very large classes. You would have a LOT of tough competition in V3 though. IMHO that's where the "big money" classes start, and it progressively gets scarier from there.