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Originally Posted by antaircooled
There is a guy here in NZ who runs a 3.8RSR engine with 390HP and 337ft/lbs torque through a modified 915 gearbox. He has won the Porsche championship in 05/06 and runner up 06/07 so it is possible. He is an engineer and machined new gears etc himself and installed them in a late 915/67 with the OEM cooler and LSD. He doesn't seem to have broken anything over those two seasons of racing.
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Thats Jon Waring - he used to work on my first 911 many years ago trading as Rennsport in Auckland. As the engine from his racecar was recently for sale, the gearbox may also be for sale. If not, Jon could possibly build one for you and that is by far the cheapest option of the lot. He is in Christchurch now and is semi-retired.
I would note that Jon has been racing 911s for a lot longer than I have been driving them - and thats 15 years - and he is anything but hamfisted. He drives with a mechanical sympathy and is a very skillful competitor but perhaps not ultimately the very fastest driver. That said, he has been at the sharp end of NZ Porsche racing for a long time, so he is no slouch.
Richard