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From: [email protected] (Wade Guthrie)
Subject: Re: Curious about the Porsche I drove
[email protected] (Albion H. Bowers) writes:
>In a previous article, [email protected] (Wade Guthrie) says:
>>[email protected] (Taka Mizutani) writes:
>>>In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
>>>(Stephen D'Amelio) wrote:
I wrote:
>This is consistent with the pre-'74 911. The engine before that was a 2.2
>litre (or less, depending on how early you go), and got its power at high
>revs (starting slowly at about 3K, and jumping up at around 5K) with a
>narrow band. The '74 was a 3 litre and had a lot of smog equipment. If
>you got much power at all, it'd be better distributed through the rev
>range.
>Bzzzt. Wrong answer. It really depends on whether you are talking model
>year or date of manufacture. For instance, mine was a '67, but was
>manufactured in August of '66. Prior to 1970 all 911s were 2.o liter. For
>the '70 and '71 model years they were 2.2 liter. for the 1972 and 1973
>model years they were 2.4 liter _EXCEPT_ for the '73 Carerra RS which was a
>2.7 liter. The '74 and later years were easily identified by the new 5 mph
>bumpers. Most models in the '74 year were 2.7 lietsr _EXCEPT_ the Carerra
>RSR which was a 3.0 liter (US Carerras from '74 were 2.7 liter models). In
>'78 they went to 3.0 liter and there was only a single model, the SC (think
>of it as a cross between the S and the Carerra models). note all the above
>are based on _MODEL_ year, not date of manufacture.
I stand corrected. This is all from memory, mind you :-)
>As for the rev happy behavior, the earlier cars are even more prone to
>this. The 2.4 liter cars used low compression engines, and suffered a bit
>in this regard. The early 3.0 liter and 2.7 liter engines also got a good
>dose of smog gear as well. The 2.0 and 2.2 liter engines were far and away
>the quickest revvers of the lot.
Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. No, REALLY!
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