Howdy Chaps,
I do the web development/content for Pat's site and own
the mule used for developing the EFI conversion/package engine for 930's (it's the white slant with puke green interior - been driving it 25 years).
Ok, onto the 2.61tt. The owner of this car could have bought anything he wanted out of the box to race but desired something totally unique blending some form with alot of function. This has fit the bill to a "T". As PWR likes to run the faster tracks like Sebring, Daytona and Road America good aero was a requirement and a 996 body is slippery - not to mention a rather rare sight on the grid - to go along with a 2.6litre twin turbo based on a torsion bar chassis. As the 996 profile would have require cutting the roof on a coupe anyway and this waterlogged targa happened to "splash" into the shop about the time a donor was being sought, it was a natural step and just added to the uniqueness of this project. The predominant objective at the time this car was built was PCA's adjusted displacement formulae for turbo engined GT3 class cars, any component selection (body/trans/suspension, etc..) was driven by performance and reliability criteria.
This car is dead reliable and vice free, it's chassis now the benchmark for subsequent cars built to this formula as you'll see with the site I'm doing for his latest project. As the performance of this car and the earlier PWR 2.1tt resulted in a PCA rule change over last winter, it was decided to build an all out GT1 car. A 3.4 litre throttle bodied twin turbo on an 86 930 chassis with a 993 Getty body. As the 3.4 has a huge torque curve over nearly 3,500rpm rev range, this one runs what would be a considered a retrograde step - a 4 speed with an active first - but man does it fly.
