$15k
For the motor.
THEN you get to do the ECU.
here's the nut of it. The ITS cars just can't make Process power, at least to my knowledge and recollection. And nobody has worked the ITAC over recently on the matter. (About 10 yrs ago the ITAC debated long and hard about it.)
The S is spec'ed at 2850. I think thats too heavy.
To be VERY general, Porsches come from the factory with less out of, or nearly out of tolerance parts. Their ECU tunes back then were pretty close. Things are just a bit more optimized than the average car, and the ITAC applies a broad brush when it assumes that all cars will gain 25%. Some just don't.
And proving a negative is
very difficult. For one person, the ITAC will want to see a full on engine build from a known reputable shop, and then they MIGHT consider looking for more data. Then, if they find correlation (This step is actually less likely than the first!) they MIGHT reduce the weight.
(Correct me if I'm wrong Jeff and Chip)
Frankly it's a
huge risk, and one guy can only provide so much data. So, in this case, (If my memory serves me) a full build engine and ecu and development will push $20K.
You can buy killer RX-7s that will win ITS races all day long for mUCH less.
So things like the 944 and the 911 will essentially rot in a kind of Purgatory chasm.
(Like that Stevie U??)
(I think that, unofficially, the sharp guys on the ITAC know the car is a dog, BUT, how MUCH of a dog is it?? And they have i's to dot and t's to cross. I'm going from memory from when i was on the ITAC, and I considered the car briefly. The S2 is an IT
R car, and I actually bought one to convert to an R car, but after poking around it, looking at the budget and the possible total loss of that budget should the motor go, I sold it to a nice fellow down south, who sold it to another nice fellow. I think the S2 R car is
closer to competitive, but I wasn't going to bet my $$$. And through all this, I'm talking
real deal competitive against the top dogs at the big races. )
If you are REALLY a martyr, and want to pursue it, and want the best possible numbers, contact Chris Camedella. He's an engineer who put a top drawer 944 together, and Milledge built his motor, and he had a full on Motec, IIRC> he posts here very infrequently, or I can dig up his contact info)