Lots of guys running hot-rod 2.7's up here in the Pacific Northwest. Great motors once all of the "known issues" are sorted, which we typically do when hot-rodding them. Perfect fit for an early lightweight hot-rod. Rev-happy and
fun.
I have to admit that this thread kind of caught my eye. Reason being that we have a member of my little hot-rod 911 club that has recently spent some buck$ on a hot-rod 2.7 build. He had Peter Dawes (who worked for/with Jerry Woods for some time) build it. Street motor, 10:1 compression, what appear to me to be (from his build photos) a stock crank and rods, stock-ish port sizes, unknown cams, PMO throttle bodies and some form of EFI. And - wait for it - 287 horsepower. At the wheels.
I only mention this to emphasize that we must be realistic.
One eighty-seven is realistic. We cannot spend our way to the kind of power this guy claims, no matter how hard we try. That's decidedly
hot 3.6 territory, and even then, it takes a pretty good one. Keep your expectations realistic, understand what you are working with, and you won't be disappointed. 2.7's are great good fun when built right, and we all know how to do that - there are no secrets. Or magic...