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The 'engine' has been essentially the same by Audi a4 pictures

The 'engine' has been essentially the same

at Sat, 10 May 2008 09:28:05 +0000 by Audi a4 pictures
We weren't so trusty around this tank engine's qualifications for WEOTD category, not because it doesn't amount up in the awesomeness area but because it's damn near impossible to notable out whether those obsessive Porsche engineers be sick with completely vacant-expanse-of-paper redesigned the feature frequently (keeping only the general blueprint, swelling hardware, and the drag centers). If we accede that the boxer six-banger from Stuttgart has been basically the unchanged tank locomotive with a constant string of upgrades, then its parentage stretches all the way hind to the premature 1960s. We'll let tipster Jason reflect on in with his arguments after the jump...Says Jason: First conceived in 1961 for the T7 sample, and later installed in a 911 in 1964, the little 2.0L flat six turned out a whooping 130 hp. Fast forthright to 1998, and the last air-cooled 911 (turbo) was cranking out 400 hp. The race flat-6 motors in the 935 were cranking out in excess of 950hp with water-cooled heads. But this gas-powered didn't just power 911s, it covers 914s, 959s, and a veer of race cars... including the 934, 935, 956, 962, and Porsche's first Indy car in the 1970s, along with the 936... Not only was this petrol-powered in a lane car for 34 centuries, it has won races and championships for Porsche for nearly as long... including 24hrs of LeMans, 24hrs of Daytona, 12hrs of Sebring, Targa Florio, MonteCarlo, and Paris-Dakar (Twice). Does it need mentioning that the 956 with a flat-6 "