[jwasbury]

I recently shopped a fairly remote corner of the 964 market: track and race cars. I race a G body 911 in PCA and other club racing, and was getting involved in an endurance racing series (American Endurance Racing for those interested). I really wanted to run an air-cooled car in the series, and my own G-Body race car was discussed as a candidate, but my team mates and I agreed it was impractical because the hot rod engine needs 100 octane, and the 915 trans is weak. The AER series is back to back 9 hour races, with practice and qualifying over a 3 day event. We focused on the 964 model because it has the 3.6 engine which is the largest and best air-cooled engine in stock (pump gas friendly) trim, with the G50 gearbox. Factory coil overs and improved bearings all around were bonuses for an endurance racing car, and the trailing arm suspension was viewed as retaining the "old school" feel of a 911. The Multi-link in the 993, while technically superior is also more sensitive and difficult to set up properly. For endurance racing, absolute speed is less important than reliability and the 964 represented the ideal air-cooled 911 variant for the purpose.

We located a track-rat 964 which was ironically bodied as a 993, and now we're racing it.