Category: Hot Rod Porsche Parts

The forthcoming Historics at Brooklands sale on November 24th will feature a Porsche 935 replica. OK, it is yellow, but under that tail is said to live a proper 935 engine, built by German specialist, Andrew Mirow.

Mirow built this car from a 1973 911 Coupe in 1997. The body was done by Folger Styling, with DP Motorsport panels including the ground-effect aero and that double deck rear wing. Brakes are 930, as is the transmission: four-speed with LSD.

“Adding greatly to its appeal and rarity,” says the vendors, “the car is fitted with a genuine Porsche 935 racing engine built by Mirow, with twin KKK K26 turbochargers and intercooler”. 0-60mph happens in 3.1 seconds, and is all done in first gear. Engine power [...]

Leonard recently unearthed a Porsche press release from 1972, talking about the transmission changes for that year: the arrival of four speeds as standard and five speeds as optional, and the replacement of the dog-leg pattern on previous 911s. This release heralds the arrival of the Porsche 915 transmission and is interesting stuff, though I wonder if its really about countering objections on why five speeds now cost extra.

To match the increased power, a new, stronger gearbox has been developed by the engineers. Due to the greater flexibility of the engines, and the associated wider power range, the standard unit could be reduced from five to four gears thanks to the better torque. For all those who do not want to forego the fifth gear, a likewise newly designed five-speed gearbox is available as optional equipment.

I came across some confusion on a Porsche forum the other day, where one user was telling another that WEVO do not make a transmission mount for the Porsche 915 gearbox, only the G50.

This is incorrect: WEVO does make transmission mounts for the Porsche 915 gearbox. Users can chose from blue and black pillows for Porsche transmission mounts: semi solid and a bit softer. I have blue in my 1976 Carrera 3.0 and would not change them, but lots of our customers use black quite happily in more road-biased cars.

WEVO originally got into Porsche tuning parts as an engineering challenge. Australian Hayden Burvill is a trained design and vehicle performance engineer who has worked on Formula 1 cars, Group C racers and the most successful Indy cars. Indy cars brought Hayden to the USA and he bought a [...]