TAG Porsche McLaren Pendant

This VERY Limited run of 25 pendants are made by hand, entirely from a single race used piston of the 1984 World Championship TAG Porsche TTE-P01 Engine, with an individual chassis number.

Your chance to own a very unique piece of Formula One and Porsche's History. Mounted on a solid silver 24" Snake Link Chain.

In 1981, McLaren director Ron Dennis asked Porsche to design an entirely new Formula 1 engine for him. What became the infamous ‘Mezger Engine’ and the most notorious of all time. Its specifications dictated it had to be a compact 1.5-litre V6 turbo to meet the requirements of its chief designer, John Barnard. The results proved to be particularly successful: a 90° V6 in aluminium alloy, bore and stroke of 82 x 47.3 mm, developing 600 horsepower at the start, 75 more than its competitor, the Ford Cosworth V8.

It was to be renamed TAG Porsche following the involvement of Mansour Oijeh through his company, Techniques d'Avant Garde.

Used during five F1 World Championship seasons from 1983 to 1987. It took part in 68 Grand Prix's, offering McLaren two Constructors' World Championship titles in 1984 and 1985, and three Drivers' World Championship titles for Niki Lauda in 1984 and Alain Prost in 1985 and 1986.

"The McLaren-TAGs were so competitive that the 1984 drivers' title became a private matter between Alain Prost and me," recalls Nikki Lauda. "The fact that we won 12 of the 16 rounds between us says a lot. Porsche did a really great job."

This very limited Pendant comes stamped and numbered together with a Certificate of Authenticity.