MCE Porsche

MCE Porsche UK-based Porsche specialist dedicated solely to engine rebuilds, tuning, and vehicle restoration for aircooled 911's from 1965-1997.

'Heralded as the Liam Neeson of Porsche restoration, Mike Champion has a very particular set of skills, skills he has acquired over a very long career, skills that make him possibly the best in-house provider of classic Porsche expertise in the country'.

02/06/2026

Yep, it flies!
A successful day yesterday with the '65 2.0 cup car, shaking-down the MCE Solex race engine build at Goodwood circuit. Building a race car with an early 2L engine on Solex carbs to run like this, at the limit, lap after lap, is no easy feat, and I'd be first to admit, requires a level engineering tenacity only discoverable after many long hours in the workshop. So it is with great pleasure when I occasionally actually get to enjoy the fruits of my labours, from behind the wheel (insert 'pats himself on the back' emoji here 😁).




02/05/2026

Oh Lordy, I have created a Monster......Again 😆

1965 Porsche 911 SWB 2.0, Solex race engine





A rare 1976 911 Carrera 3.0 in Viper Green in for engine assessment today
08/04/2026

A rare 1976 911 Carrera 3.0 in Viper Green in for engine assessment today

1980 911SC looking lovely in Arrow Blue, receiving a little care and attention
03/04/2026

1980 911SC looking lovely in Arrow Blue, receiving a little care and attention

The 993 Turbo: an aircooled rocketship with wheels, cared for and maintained 😍
05/03/2026

The 993 Turbo: an aircooled rocketship with wheels, cared for and maintained 😍





Back in 1997, I was honoured to be offered my first graduate engineering role with the then well-established consultancy...
11/01/2026

Back in 1997, I was honoured to be offered my first graduate engineering role with the then well-established consultancy TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing). Through the '80s and '90s, Tom had built-up an automotive engineering business as the UK's answer to Porsche, with a string of sucessess in road and race car development, and it was to become the foundation of my industry experience from that point on, travelling the globe testing, re-engineering, developing and manufacturing some of the worlds finest sports cars. Today at the first Bicester Scramble event of the year, a special celebration was held to celebrate 50 years since TWR's foundation, and it has been a pleasure to re-unite with colleagues from that era and see again many of the cars I had the pleasure to be involved with at that time. 'Thank-you, Tom, for the opportunity, and for the legacy of incredible cars from the era'.

06/01/2026

After 38 years dormant, this 1968 SWB Porsche 911 2.0S, rescued from dereliction in a Pennsylvania barn where it was left to the elements in 1988, has finally been brought back to life.....First-fire of the original engine after rebuild: a milestone to celebrate. Just an interior to finish restoring now, then it will be ready for the roads again 🥳





04/12/2025

When you plumb the rebuilt engine in, fire it up for the first time, and throttle response is like this, you know you've built something special 🙂.....'67 2.0 Alu case case engine converted to 2.5L hot-rod, first fire-up and initial carb tune after rebuild 👌










10/10/2025

That's the 1965 Porsche 911 2.0L Race Engine Complete! Just need to get it in the car and go racing again 😁









So that's 6 air-cooled 911 engines in build at MCE currently, including 2.0L FIA, 2.0L SWB 2.5L hot-rod, 2.7RS, 3.2 Carr...
05/09/2025

So that's 6 air-cooled 911 engines in build at MCE currently, including 2.0L FIA, 2.0L SWB 2.5L hot-rod, 2.7RS, 3.2 Carrera, and 3.3 Turbo. It's a good job I can remember which bits go where 😄








Address

Middleton Cheney
Banbury
OX172

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 6pm
Thursday 7:30am - 6pm
Friday 7:30am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm

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07796 372 239

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