The 3.6-litre, six-cylinder boxer engine delivers 445 hp at 8,250 revs. Maximum torque is now 405 Nm at 7,200 rpm, with top revs reached at 8,500 (for the FIA specification with two 30.8 mm air restrictors). Race cars never got more exciting than this. Read More...
Porsche 911 Carrera (type 996) With the new 911 Carrera, known internally as Generation 996, Porsche presented the successor to the classic. Apart from the name 911 Carrera and a six-cylinder flat engine at the rear, the newly developed model series had nothing in common with the previous...
The 993 could do easily with air-cooling, but the 996 Carrera has 6th cylinder overheating problem despite water-cooling, or because of that. Here’s what the X51 engine included: modified oil pan partition box (larger alloy baffles with aperture valving replaces small plastic baffles), adapted...
old technology. Water-cooled engines – which use a radiator at the front of the car and wraps a water jacket around the cylinders and cylinder heads to cool it – were far more efficient. Its multi-valve technology for clean exhaust gas quality was decisive, helping meet ever stricter emiss...
As the 900 numbers had not yet been allocated in Wolfsburg, the decision-makers at Zuffenhausen chose 901 for the six-cylinder version and 902 for a subsequent four-cylinder car. However, an unexpected problem arose: Peugeot stated that they had been using three-digit numbers with ...
These make up more than half of overall sales in the US, with the balance set to tip even further towards sixes now that a pair of six-cylinder GTS variants has been confirmed. Remote video URL As Porsche has already explained to Road & Track, the real reason the West was lumbered...
Brake master cylinder boosters, Bosch mechanical fuel injection system, 300 amplifier, 100 horns, 250 airbags steering wheel & side & glove compartment, 900 Headlights & tail lights, 300 core lights, 500 (brains modules computer brake control units ecu lights abs transmission seat), 150 spoiler ...
The liquid cooled six cylinder boxer engine was presented in the 911/996 model which was introduced in the year 1998. 911 models from 1963 up to today: The 2-liter 911 1963 - 1969, the 2.2-liter 911 1970 - 1971, the 2.4-liter 911 1972 - 1973, the 2.7-liter 911 1974 - 1977, ...
The 912E was the last air-cooled four-cylinder vehicle produced by Porsche. During its production run that include the 912 and 912E, nearly 35,000 examples were produced. It had achieved victory in the racing world, served as European police cars, and was featured in the movie 'Spy Games...
While twin-turbocharging makes a lot of sense for any engine with two cylinder banks, all production Porsches with forced-induction up to 1986 used a singleKKKturbocharger. The 959 broke the mold. Not only was it the first Porsche to use two turbos, it arranged them in a sequential layou...