Ever Seen a Carbureted 944 Engine Before?

"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
10/21/2014 at 15:31 • Filed to: Neato

Then I've found something awesome for you to see! :)

It looks amazing! I believed modified Webers were used on both of these engines.

DISCUSSION (19)

Party-vi > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 15:33

Installing carbs in place of FI seems like a cop-out to me, but they are neat!

Grindintosecond > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 15:33

middle one if injected. fuel rail on top.

Sam > Party-vi
10/21/2014 at 15:34

In place of 944 FI? I don't blame them.

Ducky > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 15:34

as i said to my cousin who is converting his shitty truck 350 SBC and his girlfriend's MFI MB to carbs

"yes, but why"

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Party-vi
10/21/2014 at 15:35

According to the forum I found the lead pic on, that red one is bored out to 2.8L and makes 330hp! The displacement on that one is .2L less than the 944S2/968's 3.0L that makes 208hp and 236hp respectively.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Ducky
10/21/2014 at 15:36

I guess because they look cool! :P

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Grindintosecond
10/21/2014 at 15:37

Perhaps it's a mix of carbs and a standalone ECU? If that's possible..

MonkeePuzzle > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 15:39

I imagine the train of thought was something like: "what if I made my aging porsche even MORE difficult to keep running? AND people will gather around ME at cars and coffee and not that rich douche with the ferrari. I could buy a ferrari, but who wants a ferrari, porsches are just better!"

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > MonkeePuzzle
10/21/2014 at 15:39

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah! :P

Party-vi > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 15:40

The stock 3.0L also had to last more then a few track sessions too. Easy to make power with high-compression and camshafts that aren't ground for emissions and efficiency. That being said, it is a testament to how well Porsche designed those engines.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 15:44

They're FI, just ITB's.

Grindintosecond > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 15:45

Kinja'd!!!

I just searched 944 itb to see what came up. This looks similar and is described as ITB fuel injected. It does look close to a set of Webers but enough is different. Fuel rail up top with injectors. I totally dig this set up but the money involved, even to do it with bike throttle bodies.

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 15:49

Damn, those look cool. I've never heard of this before, but it'd be cool to see one in action. Doesn't the second one look fuel injected, though?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage
10/21/2014 at 16:02

Maybe it's both? Not sure..

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Grindintosecond
10/21/2014 at 16:02

How much would you project this to be? And how reliable would it be?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/21/2014 at 16:03

Explain sir?

Grindintosecond > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 16:06

i have no idea...but a whole intake manifold for the purpose of individual throttle bodies is pricey and then the throttle bodies, lets say you go with dedicate car ones from someone like Jenvey, at lest a thousand $. install, custom fuel plumbing for them and then you have to get it tuned at a dyno somewhere because the fuel metering has to be calibrated.....etc...

money.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 16:09

Individual throttle bodies. The rail on top of them is a fuel rail for the injectors.

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
10/21/2014 at 16:17

Maybe it could be an independent throttle body setup? That's all I can think of.