News Archive

Franken M3's first public feature...

Aprils issue of European Car Magazine is on stands now with the Franken M3 6 page article beautifully displayed and written. Be sure to pick up a copy asap.

European Car Magazine

TARGA Newfoundland

Targa Newfoundland 2010... we're going. For some odd reason, a few of us here gathered and decided it would be a good idea to tackle the famous road rally held on an island off the coast of Canada, Newfoundland. Competing in a Porsche GT2... things should be interesting.

Targa Newfoundland Teaser

Franken M3 Receives Stroker Motor w/ Video Teaser

The new DINAN 5.7L V10 replacement has been installed in the Franken M3 and successfully tuned by Apex Speed Technology with great results. Stay tuned for dyno results and footage. Until then be sure to check out our teaser video here Franken M3 Preview.

Enduro Africa a Success!

Mitch successfully completed his charitable Enduro Africa ride! Check out the video here Enduro Africa 2009 and thanks to all those who supported.

Tackling 2009

To start w?d like to thank all our customers and friends who made 2008 a success. Now that w?ve shifted into a fresh new year w?d like to share a few exciting announcements.

First and foremost you’ll notice a fresh new look on our website with some attractive new features as well. Take a look around and if you have any feedback or suggestions don’t hesitate to tell.

Now for the update everyone's been asking for... We know many of you have followed the Franken M3 build so we’d like to share BRIEFLY where we’re at with it now. We recently received the body back from “Old School Enterprises” with an outstanding paint job. It's been reassembled, dyno tuned once more and now awaits shipment to AI Designs in New York for the interior design and installation. It’s a short and sweet update for now but look for a big update shortly with many new photos.

Last but not least we're now a Jet Hot Coatings dealer. Jet Hot offers many

MOTON Suspension Available

Piper Motorsport is now a mid atlantic dealer of the highest in quality Moton Suspension Technology product line. Moton suspension components are used on all of the Piper race car including the Franken-Porsche, #56 Grand Am Cup BMW and the #39 Grand AM Cup BMW.

Headquartered in Uden, The Netherlands, with more then 15 years of experience in damper design and manufacturing Moton was founded in 1999. Moton Suspension Technology develops, manufactures and markets a full range of high quality, easy-to-use and state-of-the-art adjustable dampers. Moton has become a leading worldwide provider of high performance shock absorbers used by many prominent manufacturers and racing teams worldwide. By June of 2000, 30 percent of the starting field at Le Mans was equipped with Moton dampers and since that time we have had the FIA GT-N, FIA GT and the FIA Sportscar Championship, World Challenge Touring and GT Championship, Grand-Am and Grand-Am Cup Championship, the Belgium GT, British GT, Frenc

C6 Z06 Roll Bar w/ Aluminum Chassis...

After many request we have finally managed to get our hands on a new aluminum chassis Corvette Z06. This bar was designed for a customer who desired a street-able grocery getter/occasional track car. The car was a bit of a challenge, searching for the strongest possible way to mount he bar but we now have a solid system that we stand behind. To inquire more about this bar or a cage for your Z06 feel free to contact us or stop in!

Rushing for SEMA 2007...

Piper Motorsport and the Enjuku Racing crew located in Orlando Florida, team together in hopes of creating a 2008 Formula Drift champion car. The 2006 Nissan 350Z was given to Enjuku Racing from Nissan North America, to build for the 2007 SEMA show, where it will be featured in the Nissan booth. The car spent a week with Piper Motorsport receiving a custom hand crafted roll cage. The cage was designed and crafted to mimic the silhouette of the hard top model without sacrificing the sole purpose, safety. The result was a sleek design giving the driver plenty of room and adjustability. We look forward to working with Enjuku in the future. If you plan on visiting SEMA this year, be sure to stop by and take a look!

View more pictures of the build in our Featured Cars section!

Porsche Cayman Roll Bar

The Porsche Cayman may be new but has already proven itself at the track. It's a strong platform and has many unique features in a small package. We received our first Cayman for a custom roll bar installation. The car is built for street / track use so full interior remained. It was a great car to work with and yet again we are very pleased with Porsches newest platform.

Hyper Fest 2007

June 23, 2007 the annual Hyper Fest took place at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia. This year we decided to have a little fun and enter the roll over contest. Jedd Fahnestock, a fabricator here at Piper Motorsport donated a car to strip and build for the contest. With more height and distance than the other drivers, Jedd drove the car to win the $500 prize with 1 1/2 rolls.

SCCA Tropical 12 Hour of Homestead

April 20th our 39 car piloted by Ratcliff, Lucas and Spaude took 1rst in class (ITE) and 2nd overall. Right behind was our 56 car piloted by Piper, Himes and Briody, 2nd in class (ITE), 3rd overall. See more pictures.

Washington DC Auto Show

The Piper Motorsport 56 car was asked to be featured in the motorsports section of the Washington DC Auto Show. Sharing the booth is Bryan Downy with his Datsun 510.

Racing Season Begins

The Piper Motorsport E46 BMW's are trailered and ready to roll. Our cars will be competing in the SCCA ITE 12 hour the weekend of April 20th at Miama Homestead Speedway. Our 56 car will be piloted by Piper Motorsport Owner Mitch Piper and Alan Himes. The 39 car will be piloted by Alex Ratcliffe and Bret Spaude.

Piper Porsche

Over the years Piper Motorsport has been slowly building a 2002 Porsche 996 Twin Turbo. The car was completely torn down, converted from AWD to RWD, nothing was left untouched. The car was finally tuned with the new turbos and manifolds making over 600 rear wheel horse power with its Motec Engine Management System. You can read and view more pictures of this car here.