WEVO Porsche 915 Transmission Mounts/Gearbox Upgrades
- April 24, 2012
- Historic Racing 911, Hot Rod Porsche Parts, R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts, More Categories...
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- 3 Comments
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 911. Using the 911 every day, he knew he could engineer some parts a little better for the purposes of his weekend downtime in amateur motorsport. WEVO was born.
The 915 transmission and shift mechanism was an obvious place to start. Hayden applied detailed engineering in this area, for uses beyond the early ’70s Porsche design envelope. Particular attention was paid to areas that were weakest when pushing the car to its limit, such as on track or at autocross events. The WEVO 915 Shifter and less flexible transmission mounts were amongst the first products Hayden developed.
WEVO Hayden’s orange 911TÂ (we call it ‘Kenny’) seen here was a test bed for a lot of the products we now regard as WEVO staples: the Classic Shifter, shift linkage, shift coupler, 915 differential cover and more. All were developed on this car during autocross events and on track at Laguna Seca and elsewhere.
WEVO was a key player in club motorsport back in the day, and Hayden and Tracey both still autocross occasionally. Hayden remains a consultant engineer on many motorsport efforts, including the very successful Risi Ferrari team for their ALMS campaign and recent Le Mans 24-Hour entry.
So, if you need an upgrade part for your Porsche 915 gearbox, it is extremely likely that WEVO make it and that TwinSpark can supply it. The best thing to do is shoot us an email and we’ll tell you what’s available. The address is info@twinsparkracing.com.
3 Comments
What is early? How about the early 901 mounts (68 912) with the square inserts? Can they be upgraded easily too the cross piece and round mounts? Tx Bri
Also, WEVO offers trans mounts for the early 901 and 911 transmissions. Albeit, not a direct bolt on like the 915 and later trans. It was necessary to send my trans mount and they sent me one they had already modified. The new mount Wevo provided utilizes the same pillow bushings used in their engine and trans mounts.
Thaks Marc, that is a great addition to the post.