http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-cars-sale/886858-fs-1986-porsche-911-carrera-race-car-black.html
Love it. Very cool.
I saw this ad and it promoted a basic, and probably stupid, question. Air cooled era is loved for what it is, but at ~ 200hp, it's not the ideal track weapon. It's not as fast as modern cars, and that's why racers use modern cars. It's lighter, of course, so there is a trade off.
What I don't get is the value proposition of a '78-89 for the track. This car for sale is $30k. Part of that cost is that it's a collectible air cooled car. But, for the track, where laps times are all that matter, why would anyone drop $30k on a car that isn't too fast? Maybe they don't. I suppose there are 20 track Miatas for every one of these?
It seems like you could get a much faster track car for under $10k without the collector classic premium (Miata, etc). The collector premium on an original street car can at least be justified by “collectability”, but it doesn't seem to apply to a very utilitarian gutted track car.
One explanation may be that no one is ripping apart a $30k car anymore, and adding $20k of track upgrades. A car like this might be a decade old build, when these were $10k cars?
But, what's the play here? Who is the buyer for a relatively slow track car for $30k ? Can't you replicate all those track mods for less? And even if not, you have all those track mods on a inherently "underpowered" car, that isn't ideal for its stated goal.