Porsche 911 still evolving
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10 AUGUST 2004 aei
for the first time in 27 years, there is
now a 911 available as standard with a
choice of two engine capacities; the
Carrera has a 3.6-L engine with 239 kW
(321 hp) at 6800 rpm and 370 N?m
(273 lb?ft) at 4250 rpm, while the
Carrera S has a 3.8-L unit with 261 kW
(350 hp) at 6600 rpm and 400 N?m
(295 lb?ft) at 4600 rpm. Specific output
of the Carrera and Carrera S are 66.5
and 68.3 kW/L (89.2 and 91.6 hp/L),
respectively. Both engines are flat-sixes.
Bernd Kahnau, Project Manager,
Carrera Product Line, emphasized the
importance of the engines making the
right noises, although each is different
from the other. “We have given the
larger boxer engine an even more
powerful and muscular sound, ensuring
that the difference between the two
models is borne out clearly, not just by
the gas pedal,” said Kahnau. A
Helmholtz resonator is positioned in the
air-filter housing between the hot-film
air mass meter and throttle butterfly. It is
activated between 5000 and 6000 rpm,
reducing oscillations of the intake…
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