THE original 911/4 2.1L Chuck Beck built "Polo" prototype

I bet that would be fun in a Spyder.

...Stan...here's your new engine...

That is way cool!

Duuuuuuuuuude.

Oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man,...

Must... contain... checkbook.....

Twin plug? Check

Dry sump? Check

ARGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

WOW!

Ummm...

Yeah, you can skip the Suby and put that in the coupe, m'kay?

Stan, take a couple of deep breaths. 

Sell me your bus for a ridiculously low price, sell your current engine for a reasonable price, and voila' you have thinned the herd and can take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity.

You can show me your gratitude later!

Stan, it's got a crummy set of Webers - you'll be fiddling with them all day long.

And running around at 10K rpm, you'll have every dog in the neighborhood howling.

Where's your sense of civic responsibility?

Lane you beat me to it. My thoughts exactly.

Lane:  You need to do some crowd funding...this is certainly a worthwhile cause.

O. M. G.

Now that is an engine!

In my dreams...

I putt around in my 1641cc,  I can't even fathom something like this engine.  It might as well  be, a  911GTS.      

I keep telling you guys to buy lottery tickets...

I ran into Carey at the Phoenix Club Porsche meet (SoCal). We saw this beautiful black 356 pulling into the exhibit area. It had a Polo engine (plus 911 suspension & 5-speed), the owner was explaining the engine to admiring bystanders, then revved the engine which almost instantly went to 8,500 RPMs. The sound of that engine and feeling the power coursing out the exhaust was mind-blowing....

DEAR SANTA....... 

Anybody have the winning powerball numbers?!?!

When I picked up my Spyder body on frame from Chuck at his Upland shop early in 1990 I saw the sectioned bare case for this engine sitting on his bench; I also saw the Shogun prototype and the 904 body buck!     

Very VERY nice, of course.  stuff like this may as well be on Mars, so far as I am concerned.  But help me out here.  Besides the cool factor, which is enormous, can't you get about the same sort of go out a Soobie,  for a whole lot less $$? Just wonderin' . . .

EL, Frazoo,  This is a full on race engine you can use on the street.  A custom N/A Soobie can be built up to rev close to that but the Porsche sound is hard to duplicate and it is simpler without the water/radiator.

There are many more practical alternatives to this motor as El Frazoo mentioned. 

This motor was built because Chuck's competitors were complaining that his spyder had a regular 911 motor (6 cylinder). As a result, he cut it down to 4 cylinders and still beat them! This motor was an intellectual exercise by Chuck -- because he could. 

Anand

^ Bingo.

And for the reason that Anand stated, this motor makes me happy.

It is not in any way comparable to a Suby. And I say this as a Suby fan. But Subies don't have fans. Therein lies the difference.

Yes, there are much more practical options when comparing to a one off custom built race engine.  As alluded to above, it is a matter of fun & cool factor, with the added benefit of super-bike acceleration and Porsche 911 reliability, but is mainly just  "because I can"...  It is akin to cramming a Ford Taurus SHO motor in the back of a $h!tbox Festiva or building a motorcycle chassis around a Lamborghini Espada V12... Some would call it biggest d!c& in the locker room syndrome... we call it Chuck.

"... we call it Chuck."

HAH!  I'll bet he'd get a laugh out of that. 

...yeah but you gotta admit, it's still a pretty cool bike...

The bike certainly draws a crowd!  When filming with Leno and his crew a few weeks ago they were all over Chuck's shop looking at the Spyder, Lister, SHOGun, etc... then there saw the bike and it was all over.  I'd be willing to bet that when the episode airs it will be the feature "vehicle". LOL

So what is the deal with Leno filming at your place, Carey?

We filmed for an episode of Leno's Garage a few weeks ago.  Jay wanted to highlight some of the crazy projects Chuck has done in his lifetime.  We did the main filming at Chuck's shop in Atlanta (our R&D facility).  Then we went to the West GA Mud Pits and watched Jay drive the Rockstar mud truck.  

New season starts June 15th but we do not know our episode date yet.

Hello All, hope everyone is doing well and your rides running good.  I've been off this site for about 6 months due to some personal family issues and unfortunate illness so apologies to those of you that pm me and got back to them late. I'm ready to get back into this so looking forward to chatting with you all. Carey, I sent you an email, Lane, how's that Coupe running? or is it still building?  Anyway, chat soon and have a good weekend you all..

The mad scientist with Leno.  That should be a hoot.  Can't wait to see it.

Five years ago I had the opportunity to sit and talk with Chuck at Sun n' Fun Air Show in Lakeland, Florida ...what a wealth of info and a hoot to share some time with him...!

Hey Julio.  Glad you're back with us. The coupe is not building yet, but Carey tells me they're finishing up tooling.

If I were in another tax bracket I would seriously consider that engine. I think it's probably under-priced, given its provenance and the prospect of service-after-sale. 

chines1 posted:

The bike certainly draws a crowd!  When filming with Leno and his crew a few weeks ago they were all over Chuck's shop looking at the Spyder, Lister, SHOGun, etc... then there saw the bike and it was all over.  I'd be willing to bet that when the episode airs it will be the feature "vehicle". LOL

...really kind of interesting as I didn't know that CHUCK BECK lived here in Atlanta until I went to a 'Caffeine and Octane' thing last week which is an experience in LOUD and OBNOXIOUS cars and motorcycles.  there were a bunch of guys on mufferless bikes who parked next to my demure Beck.  After I cleared my senses and eardrums, I started talking with the guys and I mentioned a guy who had a Masseratti  (?) engine stuffed on a bike frame and the guy came back immediately with, "You must be talking about Chuck Beck"...which kinda blew me away.  I guess he must wield  some kind of wild Mojo stick.

My comments above were not meant to take a stand on water vs air, or how many RPM's can we turn, or "but it just doesn't sound right", all of which I fully understand.  I was just looking at torque and HP alternatives.  And when the answer to "Why?" is "Just because we can.", well, there is nothing more to say.  A V12 Lambo motorcycle?  Sure, why not??

Pls post up loud and clear when the Leno/Chuck show is going to air.  I want to be sure to see that one.